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Democrats press to restore aid to N.J.'s poorest cities
Bill would restore funding vetoed by Gov. Christie this summer by more than $140 million TRENTON — After a nearly six-month standoff with Gov. Chris Christie, Assembly Democrats offered up a proposal...
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Gov. Christie aims to offer non-violent drug offenders treatment and...
Changes are intended to bring centralized oversight to the state's prisoner re-entry efforts, and mark his first major foray into criminal justice policy since taking office Aaron Houston/ For The...
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Stricter laws may leave N.J. teens facing tougher road to driver's license
Parents of teens with a driving learner’s permit would be required to take a teen driver-orientation course; teens would have to practice driving for up to 100 hours Star-Ledger file photoParents of...
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PolitiFact New Jersey: Truth-O-Meter tackles jobs claims in weekend rulings
A look at weekend rulings from the PolitiFact New Jersey Truth-O-Meter Jobs -- it's the one issue that seems to know no political boundaries. The Truth-O-Meter found just that when it ruled this...
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N.J. lawmakers finalize rules governing medical marijuana program
The program remains behind schedule and likely won't be operational until mid-2012 at the earliest Watch video David McNew/Getty ImagesNew Jersey is taking major steps to get six medical marijuana...
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Gov. Christie attending Republican Governors Association conference in Orlando
Gov. Chris Christie will attend the annual Republican Governors Association conference in Orlando today and Wednesday to meet with other party leaders to talk conservative policy and politics Aristide...
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Two high-ranking N.J. Dems aim to end state's 3-day waiting period for marriage
Scutari said the aim is to make New Jersey a friendlier state for destination weddings. Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerSenator Nicholas Scutari (D-Union), is one of two high-ranking state democrats...
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Former N.J. State Police lieutenant picked to run medical marijuana program
John H. O'Brien Jr. is a 26-year veteran and retired lieutenant of the New Jersey State Police, and "an expert in the use of FBI and New Jersey criminal history record systems" John Munson/The...
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Legislation intended to increase odds of tigers' survival in wild goes before...
Sen. Ray Lesniak's bill would require New Jersey's tigers to be counted, registered and tracked to help ensure they aren't killed for their parts. Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerState Sen. Ray Lesniak...
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In tapping new head of N.J. medical marijuana program, Christie hires lawman...
John H. O'Brien Jr., a 26-year State Police veteran, gives an air of strictness and top-down control to the most restrictive medical marijuana program in the U.S. Watch video David McNew/Getty ImagesA...
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Complaint is filed against Rep. Rob Andrews by watchdog group
While maintaining that he did no thing wrong or illegal, Andrews said last week he would donate the $9,000 he spent on the Scotland trip to a fund for homeless veterans Noah Addis/The Star-LedgerA...
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Special interest groups' spending on N.J. candidates decreases 20 percent
Union political action committees (PACs) dominated spending, shelling out $17 million. Professional PACs were a distant second, spending $3.5 million Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerNJEA President...
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Princeton real estate executive Bill Spadea to seek seat of deceased...
Spadea, of Princeton, is running in a special election by Republican committee members in the four counties that comprise the district AP file photoBill Spadea TRENTON — Bill Spadea, a political...
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N.J. Senator pushing bill requiring suspected cases of child sex abuse be...
Sen. Kip Bateman will introduce a bill Thursday strengthening the reporting requirements for suspicions of sex abuse on a child State Sen. Christopher "Kip" Bateman TRENTON — A New Jersey Republican...
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D.C. watchdog group: N.J. Rep. Rob Andrews 'knowingly and willfully' violated...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics based the charges on an article that appeared in The Sunday Star-Ledger last month Aristide Economopolous/The Star-LedgerRep. Rob Andrews was slammed Wednesday...
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PolitiFact N.J.: Chris Christie claims former Abbott districts get 70 percent...
The governor receives a Mostly True from the Truth-O-Meter, because the former Abbott districts get about 60 percent of the aid There's only so many state dollars to support public education in New...
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Proposed bill would ban natural gas drilling wastewater from being treated in...
The measure before the Garden State's Senate Environment Committee bans shipping, transporting, treating or disposing of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking Martin Griff/Times of...
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N.J. Senate panel approves bill preventing trafficking of tigers and their...
A Senate panel has approved a measure intended to serve as an international model to prevent trafficking in tigers and their body parts Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerMaster Moore views a white bengal tiger...
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Appeals court: N.J. bear hunt to proceed as planned
The state appeals court ruled that the DEP's comprehensive bear management policy - including the provision for a hunt - was not arbitrarily adopted Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerBears are checked in by...
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Senate committee votes to allow sports betting at N.J. casinos, racetracks
But the process will be all for naught unless the state succeeds in overturning a federal ban on the practice in all but four states: Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana Star-Ledger fileA man watches...
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