Three immigrants with green cards in N.J. file health care discrimination...
Three immigrants with green cards sued the state today, saying it is discriminating against them by removing them from state-subsidized health care due to their immigration status. The lawsuit seeks...
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Gov. Christie says he will focus on higher education funding in future
Gov. Christie looks to the future at budget signing TRENTON — When the state comes out of the fiscal doldrums, higher education will be the first place Gov. Chris Christie will look to restore...
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Newark Public Library faces staff, service cuts due to N.J. budget
NEWARK — With millions of dollars in budget cuts slated for the Newark Public Library, one of the city’s most revered cultural institutions will face major reductions in staff and services, according...
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N.J. budget raids Cultural Trust to preserve funds for 3 high-profile museums
TRENTON — Call it creative accounting or a Robin Hood scheme, but the result is the same: Lawmakers took $4 million from one cultural fund and used it to preserve the budgets of two other cultural...
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Police are limited when frisking suspects, N.J. Supreme Court rules
TRENTON — In a decision criticized by prosecutors and praised by public defenders, the state Supreme Court today stressed that police have limits when frisking suspects without a warrant. The court...
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N.J. Gov. Christie says his 'core priorities' were retained in $29.4B budget
TRENTON — The message from Gov. Chis Christie has been consistent: There is no money. But New Jersey has just enough money for some compromise, which is what Christie said he needed to do to pass the...
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N.J. Turnpike Authority executive director to retire after 21 years of service
WOODBRIDGE — The woman widely regarded as the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s most knowledgeable employee is scheduled to retire at the end of the summer. Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, who worked her way...
View ArticleTaxes for N.J. employers increase $130-per-employee after $1B shortfall in...
Businesses will have to start paying an average annual increase in payroll taxes of about $130-per-employee to cover for jobless benefits, according to a report on NorthJersey.com. The change, which...
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Aetna recovers personal information of N.J. policy holders thought to have...
HARTFORD, Ct. — Aetna is alerting nearly 5,000 policy holders in New Jersey and Pennsylvania it has recovered a discarded filing cabinet containing Social Security numbers and other personal...
View ArticleSparta school official accidentally releases Social Security numbers in...
Sparta business administrator says he 'inadvertently' released the information. Above, Sparta Town Hall. SPARTA — When Jesse Wolosky filed an Open Public Records Act request attempting to find out how...
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Gov. Christie's office pushes N.J. assemblywoman to alter early inmate...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s office sharply criticized veteran Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) today, accusing her of jeopardizing public safety by reneging on a promise to alter...
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N.J. psychologist fired, faces loss of license after alleged relationship...
Natalie Barone is appealing her dismissal Natalie Barone, left, and Michael Bordo. TRENTON — A top state psychologist who oversaw therapy for hundreds of incarcerated sex offenders was fired for...
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Changes to N.J. working poor's insurance program under Gov. Christie's new...
TRENTON — Today is the first day of life in New Jersey under Gov. Chris Christie's new budget. Changes are effective immediately for FamilyCare, the low-cost managed care insurance program for working...
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Committee reviewing N.J. sports, casinos, entertainment gets extention
The commission ordered by Gov. Chris Christie to review the way gaming, sports and entertainment, including the Xanadu project, are overseen in New Jersey, got its filing deadline extended to Aug. 1,...
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Gov. Christie to tell N.J. lawmakers job is 'only half done' at special joint...
Governor plans to tell Democrat-controlled body to pass his version of property tax reform Patti Sapone/The Star Ledger Governor Christie signs a $29.4 billion budget into law Tuesday during a...
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Gov. Chris Christie to address N.J. Assembly Dems on property tax reform
At the same time, Senate Democrats plan to begin debate in their own chamber Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerAssembly Speaker Sheila Oliver on the dais during a voting session at the State House in this...
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N.J. government transparency website launches
TRENTON — New Jersey has launched a website that allows citizens to track state government spending and look up payroll data on state government employees. The "Government Transparency Center" at...
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Live updates of Gov. Chris Christie addressing Legislature on tax reform
Republican governor encourages N.J. lawmakers' support of 2.5 percent property tax cap Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerA March 2010 file photo of the Assembly Chamber. Gov. Christie today is scheduled to...
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N.J. lawmakers push Gov. Christie to restore $7.5M fund for women's health...
TRENTON — Women legislators continued pummeling Gov. Chris Christie today for pulling the money supporting clinics that provide birth control and health screenings, by urging him to sign into law a...
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Gov. Christie urges Democrats to bring property taxes under control
GOP gov's revised proposal has 2.5 percent cap, adds exception for existing union contracts, mandates public referendum for spending over cap — WATCH VIDEO N.J. Gov. Chris Christie offers a compromise...
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