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With demand still exceeding supply, N.J. kicks off blood donation campaign
In New Jersey just 3.6 percent of eligible donors give blood — national average is 5 percent Watch video NEW BRUNSWICK — Erin Roff hates needles. Yet the 20-year-old Rutgers University student...
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N.J. Gov. Christie is keynote speaker for Republican Congressional fundraiser
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie will be the keynote speaker at a Republican Congressional fundraiser in March. Christie, who is a rising star in the Republican Party, will address attendees of a March...
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N.J. revenues meet expectations, state treasurer says
TRENTON — State revenues are coming in at a better than expected pace, state Treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff announced today. In all, revenues between July 1 to December 31 were up 4.5 percent from...
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Suit challenges N.J. Department of Education's role in delaying review of...
Christie's pay cap is set to take effect Feb. 7 KEVIN R. WEXLER/The RecordGovernor Chris Christie in his first town hall meeting of the year in Paramus. TRENTON — A suit filed today challenging the...
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N.J. broadcasting authority approves $2.1M budget for NJN
TRENTON — Members of a re-constituted board of the New Jersey Public Broadcasting Authority met for the first time today and approved a three-month budget for New Jersey Network that includes $2.1...
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N.J. Lottery scratch-off holders with losing tickets to participate in $1M...
TRENTON — This spring, scratch-off lottery tickets may turn out to be lucrative long after the last bingo number or tiny cartoon present has been scratched. The New Jersey Lottery is rolling out a new...
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Business tax cut to be included in Gov. Christie's budget this year
TRENTON — A tax break for New Jersey businesses will be included in the budget Gov. Chris Chrisite will present next month, he said in an interview that aired today on Fox News. "There will be tax...
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N.J. GOP is accepting donations from group not legally bound to publicly...
TRENTON — Private donors are helping Republicans bankroll their efforts to revise political maps that could determine which party controls the Legislature and the New Jersey delegation in the U.S....
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Planned Parenthood may double the number of N.J. abortion clinics while...
TRENTON — The Planned Parenthood Federation of America has announced a national expansion that could double the number of abortion clinics it operates in New Jersey from three to six by 2013 and...
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N.J. Gov. Christie discusses tone of political debate on Sunday morning talk...
Christie cites continuing work in N.J. for not running as president in 2012 Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie delivers his State of the State address on Tuesday in Trenton. TRENTON —...
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Gov. Christie pushes education reform on Martin Luther King Jr. Day visit to...
PLAINFIELD — Gov. Chris Christie took his message of education reform to a breakfast this morning honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "There are generations of our children who have lived...
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Students in N.J. charter schools outperform those in local school districts,...
But those charters, most of them located in poor districts, still fell below the state average Watch video Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie in this January 2011 file photo. TRENTON...
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Preacher recalls life, last living moments of Martin Luther King Jr. during...
PLAINFIELD — It was as if Martin Luther King had preached away his own fear of death. He told jokes, condemned the Vietnam War and shared his optimism for the civil rights movement. In his last hour...
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Christie orders Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission to explain friends, family...
The action came a day after a Sunday Star-Ledger report showed financial abuse, favoritism within the PVSC Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerCommissioner Frank Calandriello, right, talks to fellow...
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N.J. approves 23 new charter schools
The schools announced today will increase the state's total by about a third Complete list by county TRENTON — New Jersey's Department of Education has approved 23 new charter schools, Gov. Chris...
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N.J. legislative redistricting commission starts process that will redraw...
TRENTON — The once-in-a-decade process of legislative redistricting formally kicked off today, with the 10-member legislative redistricting commission holding an organizational meeting at the...
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N.J. is given final deadline to appeal or repay $271M ARC tunnel bill
This was the third extension granted, and the last the Federal Transit Administration is permitted to give Watch video Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerConstruction workers have built a support to Tonnelle...
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Proposed Hebrew-language charter school in Edison rejected again
Neighboring school district officials opposed Tikun Olam, claiming that charter school would drain students and cost too much EDISON — A woman hoping to found a Hebrew-language charter school said she...
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N.J. liberal activist, attorney announces run against N.J. Democratic senator
TRENTON — Jeff Gardner, a liberal activist and attorney from Hawthorne, announced today he plans to challenge state Sen. John Girgenti in the Democratic primary. Gardner, upset over Girgenti’s...
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Bill proposes extending veto power over actions of Passaic Valley Sewerage...
The Sunday Star-Ledger first reported financial abuse, favoritism Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerCommissioner Frank Calandriello, right, talks to fellow commissioner William F. Flynn, left,...
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