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N.J. Legislature scrambles to pass bills during final six weeks of 2011 session
Bills ranging from higher education bond issues to telecom industry legislation will be considered by the Senate and Assembly Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerMembers of the New Jersey Legislature applaud...
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Poll: Christie remains popular among N.J. voters
Gov. Chris Christie's popularity didn't translate into Republican gains in last week's election for the Legislature, but he remains popular with New Jersey voters all the same Tony Kurdzuk/The...
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Clifton official warns N.J. leaders: 'We are facing a crisis'
Stark statement came during Wednesday's session of annual League of Municipalities meeting in Atlantic City Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerAssembly Speaker Sheila Oliver answers a question during the...
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PolitiFact N.J.: Chris Christie says Newark public schools show 'model is...
Gov. Chris Christie claims only 23 percent of Newark ninth graders will graduate in four years and it will cost $100,000, more than is spent on any other set of students in the U.S. We rate Mostly...
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Montclair State University, NJTV form studio partnership
The agreement is for three years, with two year renewal periods, according to NJTV, which will pay Montclair $400,000 a year for the space NJTVMike Schneider is the nightly news anchor on NJTV. "NJ...
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In address to League of Municipalities, Christie calls for cuts to worker...
Top Assembly Democrats quickly fired back and blamed the governor for ongoing property tax hikes Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie addresses the League of Municipalities annual...
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Family of Newark soldier killed in Afghanistan will be among first to receive...
The family of fallen Newark soldier Jorge Oliveira will be one of the first in the state to benefit from legislation that provides accidental death benefits to survivors of emergency service workers...
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White House shooting suspect charged with attempted assassination against...
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, of Idaho falls, faces up to life in prison if convicted Shawn Thew/EPACrews work on the White House Wednesday after two bullet holes were discovered in the...
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Christie restored $3.8M to lawmaker staff salaries following threats to take...
Democrats threatened to make Republican lawmakers' staff, the minority party, eat the cut, but Christie quietly restored the money through an obscure accounting procedure Andrew Mills/The...
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Poll: New Jerseyans like Obama himself better than his job performance
Respondents give Christie higher marks than president for his work Jewel Samad/Getty ImagesA poll finds New Jerseyans like President Obama, seen here in Denver last month, better than they like the...
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Vote on natural gas drilling regulations to be delayed
The Delaware River Basin Commission postponed the meeting after Delaware's governor announced he would vote no. Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerDelaware Gov. Jack Markell, left, told the Delaware...
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N.J. politicians gather in Atlantic City for networking event that dates back...
The League of Municipalities conference, its 96th year, dates back to the real-life characters portrayed in the HBO series 'Boardwalk Empire' Watch video Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Gov....
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Panel refuses increasing judges' health benefit rates while N.J. appeals...
A state appeals panel has refused to make judges pay more for health and pension benefits while the state appeals a lower court’s ruling that the increases are unconstitutional Star-Ledger file...
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South Jersey congressman spent $9,000 from campaign funds on donor's wedding
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-1st Dist.) says expense was legitimate because wedding was for a donor and volunteer adviser Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey congressman Rob Andrews (D) 1st...
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PolitiFact N.J.: Sen. Mike Doherty fumbles statistic on school lunch program
The senator from Warren County was wrong to claim 37 percent of the 428,000 New Jersey students in the school lunch program are ineligible Three individuals face charges of cheating the federal school...
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N.J. docs' Rx for fighting regulations: A new PAC
The organization, the New Jersey Ambulatory Surgery Center Political Action Committee, which was established in September, contributed a total of $13,100 Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerThomas Considine,...
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N.J. Indonesian immigrants facing deportation for overstaying tourism visas
The Indonesians were ordered deported but allowed to stay under federal supervision agreements in 2009 Jennifer Brown/The Star-Ledger Angela Tuwo, 9, lights the candle on the birthday cake for her...
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Bipartisan deficit-reduction panel prepares to admit failure as deadline looms
Republicans, Democrats trade shots blaming each side for why, nearly two months later, panel can't arrive at an agreement over taxes in order to lower the nation's spiraling debt Brendan Hoffman/Getty...
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PolitiFact N.J.: Leonard Lance says $15 trillion national debt will nearly...
"When the national debt reaches $15 trillion, it means that U.S. debt-to-GDP (gross domestic product) ratio will reach 99.7 percent of our debt and this is $47,900 for every living American."...
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Legalizing sales of syringes, needles to IV drug users to be weighed by N.J....
If the bill became law anyone could buy up to 10 at a time AP Photo/Lauren Victoria BurkeSyringes in a supply box are shown in a 2008 file photo. TRENTON — A New Jersey legislative committee is...
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