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Newark Mayor Cory Booker secures $40M of $100M needed to match Zuckerberg grant
Interview with NBC's Tom Brokaw halted by possibility rain might collapse tented makeshift studio Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerNewark Mayor Cory Booker talks about the donation to the Newark...
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N.J. Assembly panel approves bill targeting unfunded state mandates for...
TRENTON — An Assembly panel has approved a bill aimed to help New Jersey towns and counties fight back against unfunded state mandates. The bill allows organizations that represent governments, and...
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Ex-N.J. senator Wayne Bryant is indicted on additional bribery charges
Bryant, who was convicted in 2008 of corruption, faces new charges he took $192,000 in bribes for favorable votes on development projects The Star-LedgerWayne Bryant, right, walks out of the Clarkson...
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Ex-N.J. psychologist fired for alleged affair with patient agrees to license...
WOODBRIDGE — Natalie Barone, a former top state psychologist fired for an alleged affair with a sex offender patient, won’t be practicing psychology in Pennsylvania. After surrendering her psychology...
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Gov. Chris Christie arrives in Ohio as part of GOP campaign tour
Christie is scheduled to attend a fundraiser at a private home in a wealthy Ohio suburb, to headline town hall-style meeting in working-class suburb Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie...
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Sen. Lautenberg says Gov. Christie refuses to let NJ Transit, U.S. officials...
TRENTON — When it comes to the planned multibillion-dollar commuter rail tunnel under the Hudson River, Gov. Chris Christie isn’t doing much to build bridges, U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg says. The...
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N.J. Assembly committee approves bill in Gov. Christie's 2 percent tax cap...
While Senate Democrats have passed several bills in the package, the Assembly took action on the first bill Monday Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-Ledger Assembly Speaker Shiela Oliver (D-Essex) sits in to...
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Gov. Chris Christie to outline proposed education reforms
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is ready to announce reforms he wants to make to New Jersey's public education system. He's expected to do it at a town hall meeting on education reform this afternoon in...
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Federal officals issue subpoenas over stalled Meadowlands Xanadu project
EAST RUTHERFORD — Federal officials have issued more subpoenas about the stalled Xanadu retail and entertainment project in the Meadowlands. They're asking the New Jersey Sports and Exposition...
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Gov. Christie stumps for Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wakes up in Ohio this morning on his way to campaign for Buckeye State GOP gubernatorial candidate John Kasich. After making the rounds of national...
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Gov. Chris Christie to join Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate at event
HARRISON, Ohio — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be joining Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Kasich for an event this morning that will be streamed online at www.KasichforOhio.com. The event...
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N.J. had lowest disability rate in 2009, census data says
New Jersey had the lowest disability rate for people ages 16 to 64, according to 2009 survey results from the U.S. Census Bureau released this morning. About 7.5 percent or 426,109 disabled people...
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Gov. Chris Christie tells Ohio crowd he will not run for president
'I just don't want that, that badly right now,' Christie says about occupying the Oval Office Andrew Mills.The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, with Ohio gubernatorial candidate John...
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Gov. Chris Christie to outline N.J. education reform agenda in town hall meeting
N.J. governor plans to outline linking teachers' raises and job security to student performance Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie before a town-hall meeting hosted by GOP...
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TRENTON — The advocacy group, Disability Rights New Jersey, and the Department of Human Services are headed for a trial to decide whether the state violated the rights of about 1,800 people with...
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Gov. Christie pushes for teacher merit pay based on students' performance
Christie administration also plans to make it easier for parents to track student, teacher performance online Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie (left) with Ohio...
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Bill hopes to revive corruption law clipped by Supreme Court that was used...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee introduced a bill today to resuscitate an anti-corruption law used to convict several New Jersey politicians before being gutted...
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N.J. property taxes rose, income fell, report shows
Homeowners spent 7.45 percent of income on property taxes in 2009 Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie poses with mayors who signed onto his 2.5 percent property tax cap in June. Data...
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Lawmakers introduce bills on public employees with criminal convictions
TRENTON — Legislators are trying to close a loophole that makes it harder for judges to force public employees to forfeit their jobs when convicted of a crime. Identical bills were introduced in the...
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Gov. Christie makes campaign stop in Ohio, denies presidential aspirations
HARRISON, Ohio — Storming into a swing state that is at the heart of presidential politics, Gov. Chris Christie headlined a town hall today for Ohio’s Republican nominee for governor after visiting...
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