Program offers assistance to arrested Atlantic County military personnel
Military personnel in Atlantic County who are arrested for committing a crime will be eligible to avoid prison time by receiving treatment for substance abuse or mental health problems John...
View ArticleGov. Christie: Obama will blame others for nation's problems in effort to get...
In interview with New Hampshire radio station, governor also declined to answer questions about possible vice president bid alongside candidate Mitt Romney Watch video Justin Sullivan/Getty Images...
View ArticleGov. Christie to visit California next week to meet with Facebook executive,...
Christie will discuss issues including education, job creation and the state budget during his trip, and take questions from an audience Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie will...
View ArticleAttorney wanted for stealing more than $1M from Cherry Hill woman arrested...
An attorney charged this week by state authorities for allegedly stealing more than $1 million from an elderly woman in Cherry Hill was arrested in Alabama after three days on the lam Star-Ledger file...
View ArticleHampton Township couple thanks Christie after newborn's life is saved thanks...
A day after Christie signed the measure, the test was performed on Bill and Lisa Gordon's son Dylan Jeff Zelevansky/For The Star-LedgerA newborn baby pictured in this file photo at Columbus Hospital...
View ArticleTo stop Christie, N.J. Democrats will need to come together in wake of...
Changes at the very top are unlikely when the newly elected lawmakers show up in Trenton today to select their leaders Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerSenate President Stephen Sweeney and...
View ArticlePolitiFact N.J.: Chris Christie blamed for lack of GOP election gains
Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex) claimed the Republican governor is the first governor since World War II whose party did not take control of a legislative house during his or her tenure....
View ArticleStinging from N.J. election defeats, Christie heads to New Hampshire to aid...
It was Christie's first foray on the presidential campaign trail since he endorsed the former Massachusetts governor last month C.J. Gunther/EPAGov. Chris Christie meets with volunteers at a phone...
View Article'Blue Mass' to honor fallen law enforcement officers to be held in Newark
The event, which honors law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty or have recently passed away, will be held at Newark's Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart NEWARK — New Jersey's...
View ArticleChristopher Cerf voids Ramsey teachers' contract based on length of deal
Deal between teachers and the Ramsey school board exceeded a three-year limit on contracts, Acting Education Commissioner says Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerActing Education Commissioner Christopher...
View ArticleN.J. Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono will not seek reelection to her...
State Sen. Loretta Weinberg is expected to succeed her, although Buono was offered to share the majority leader position with Weinberg Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerBarbara Buono will leaver her post as...
View ArticleN.J. Supreme Court to hear case of state judge who opposes contributing more...
The court today announced it would fast-track the matter, avoiding the need for it to first go before an appeals court Michael T. Dempsey/The Jersey JournalThe New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to...
View ArticleChristie slams N.J. Supreme Court for fast-tracking challenge to judges'...
Governor suggests effort being made to rush case before liberal justice retires in March Watch video Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie, seen here in October, today suggested the Supreme...
View ArticleGov. Christie approves measure paving way for more charter schools
Legislation will allow private schools in struggling districts to become charter schools TRENTON — Legislation signed today by Gov. Chris Christie will allow private schools in struggling districts to...
View Article2010 Uniform Crime Report finds N.J. murders spiked 16 percent, increased in...
There were 372 homicides in 2010, a double-digit increase from 2009 but only slightly more than the decade average of 369 Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerN.J. Attorney General Paula Dow is shown in this file...
View ArticleNew N.J. Democratic leadership emerges after weeks of party infighting
The Democratic party, which had shown solidarity publicly but privately endured infighting and division, said the party was united behind many goals, such as energizing the state economy Watch video...
View ArticleN.J. education chief to present Gov. Christie's ideas today at annual...
Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf is scheduled to speak today at the convention of the New Jersey Education Association in Atlantic City, an event Gov. Christie says he wasn't invited to...
View ArticleSources: Attorney General Paula Dow to step down; interested in being a judge
Rumors about Dow's imminent departure have circulated for months, and she has expressed interest in becoming a judge Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerSources say State Attorney General Paula Dow, pictured...
View ArticlePolitiFact N.J.: Rodney Frelinghuysen claims millionaires' tax harms small...
U.S. Rep Rodney Frelinghuysen claims "41 percent of all business income reported on individual returns would be hit by the surtax. Thus, the President’s tax would harm small businessmen and women." We...
View ArticleSen. Robert Menendez has raised more than $10 million as 2012 election nears
The finance, insurance and real estate industries combined to donate more than $2 million, and lawyers and lobbyists have given the campaign nearly $1.8 million Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesU.S. Sen....
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