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N.J. hospitals improve fiscal health by reducing costs in past year
New Jersey hospitals improved their fiscal health slightly last year by freezing wages and eliminating jobs, a report released Thursday by the New Jersey Hospital Association shows. The average...
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Michelle Obama talks about curbing obesity during Newark visit
Nearly 500 students and teachers welcome First Lady to Maple Avenue school Watch video NEWARK — Newark may have a "rock star" mayor, but it was Michelle Obama who had throngs of Newark students...
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Ex-Assemblyman Van Pelt is sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for $10K...
Attorney asked for leniency because Van Pelt suffers from kidney disease, is expected to experience health decline Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerFormer Assemblylan Daniel Van Pelt was sentenced to 41...
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N.J. companies throw lavish parties during League of Municipalities convention
Critics say the galas give businesses questionable access to local officials Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerPeople enjoy a party put on by Wilentz, Goldman & Spitzer at Caesar's Palace in Atlantic...
View ArticleState fines company behind 4 South Jersey assisted living facilities for...
The state health department yesterday fined an assisted living operator $262,500 for running four South Jersey facilities without a license and failing to show it was providing medical care to its...
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Experts consider options to strengthen N.J. public media programs, in wake of...
The group examined models for what a newly-configured state public broadcasting system could look like Frank H. Conlon/The Star-LedgerThe crew works in the control room during a broadcast of the...
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Panel will advise Gov. Christie on four potential suitors in Xanadu...
Recommendations have included privatizing the state-owned arena Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerA state panel will advise Gov. Chris Christie on his best options for the future of Xanadu, the long-stalled...
View ArticleN.J. lawmakers look to restore funding to family planning services
TRENTON -- Once again, state lawmakers are considering legislation that would restore most state funding for family planning services. The measure up for a vote in the Assembly on Monday represents...
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Making sense of Gov. Christie's local government tool kit
Christie says series of measures will help N.J. officials keep property tax collections under 2 percent cap without having to make layoffs, service cuts Watch video Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerGov....
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Proposed medical marijuana rules again face scrutiny from N.J. lawmakers
TRENTON — New Jersey lawmakers today will seek to change rules proposed by the Christie administration over medical marijuana. Some lawmakers say the rules don't follow the intent of the law they...
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N.J. lawmakers to vote on 'anti-bullying bill of rights' in wake of Tyler...
TRENTON — Both houses of the Legislature are scheduled to vote on a bill that supporters say would give New Jersey the strictest anti-bullying laws in the nation. The “Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights,”...
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says changes could be coming to...
TRENTON — Appearing in New Jersey, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano repeated officials' assurances over the weekend that the airport screening process could be modified to address privacy...
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N.J. Assembly, Senate pass 'Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights' in wake of Tyler...
The bill now heads to Gov. Chris Christie's desk Watch video Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerView from the gallery of the Assembly Chamber at the Statehouse in this March 2010 file photo. TRENTON — The...
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Christie joins critics of TSA's airport screening procedures, calls them 'too...
HACKETTSTOWN — Add Gov. Chris Christie to the list of people who are criticizing the federal Transportation Security Administration's controversial new screening procedures for airline passengers. At...
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N.J. Assembly votes against Christie's medical marijuana rules, but Senate...
N.J. Senate delays action because it could not muster enough support Watch video Star-Ledger file photoTy Hull, owner/caregiver at Mahooka medical marijuana dispensary in Denver, shows off a...
View ArticleNewark woman admits falsifying employment records for mortgage loan
NEWARK — The $357,050 mortgage loan was out of reach, so to qualify, she turned to deception. Ijeoma Okoh submitted false employment records — even impersonated her boss on the phone — to convince...
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N.J. lawmakers pass set of bills to reinvigorate Atlantic City
Among bills passed were measures to allow internet wagering, smaller casino hotels, permission for racetracks to hold fewer standardbred horse races Watch video TRENTON — Lawmakers and Gov. Chris...
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N.J. Gov. Chris Christie to attend comedian Jimmy Fallon's show
When Christie canceled ARC tunnel, Fallon joked on show that people instead would get to N.J. 'by accident' Watch video File photos of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger), left,...
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N.J. Assembly approves restoring $5M for family planning services
Christie had cut $7.5M from the budget for family planning clinics serving uninsured women Noah Addis/The Star-LedgerMarie Tasy of New Jersey Right to Life, testifies in this 2005 photo. TRENTON — In...
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Gov. Christie says he would consider helping to fund extension of N.Y.C.'s...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie says he would consider helping fund an extension of New York's No. 7 subway line under the Hudson River to New Jersey. Last month, Christie shelved construction of a New...
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