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Financial confidence rises for N.J. residents in upper income bracket, poll...
TRENTON — New Jerseyans in the highest income brackets are the most optimistic about their financial situations compared to a year ago, according to a poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University. The...
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N.J. Senate panel approves bill to roll back future Turnpike, Parkway toll...
TRENTON — A Senate panel has approved a bill to direct the Turnpike Authority to roll back future toll increases meant to pay for a now-canceled rail tunnel under the Hudson. Citing potential cost...
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TRENTON — With Gov. Chris Christie on their side, state Republicans are catching up in fundraising after years of Democratic dominance. Democrats raised and spent slightly more money than Republicans...
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Poll finds Gov. Christie ranks fifth among possible GOP presidential nominees
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie came in fifth among possible Republican presidential nominees for 2012 in a poll released today by the Washington Post and ABC News. The poll found nationwide more...
View ArticleN.J. judge upholds law requiring public workers to pay for health care
TRENTON — Public employees who challenged a requirement to start paying toward their health insurance have lost a round in court. Mercer County Superior Court Linda Feinberg issued a pair of rulings...
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N.J. advocates for medical marijuana blast proposed regulations at Trenton
TRENTON — Medical marijuana advocates say the regulations New Jersey has proposed for medical pot don't make sense for businesses, patients or doctors. Advocates used a state Senate committee hearing...
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N.J. Senate panel passes bill allowing over-the-counter sale of syringes to...
If approved, New Jersey would be 49th state in the country to allow pharmacies to sell up to 10 syringes to adults without a prescription Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerOverall view from the gallery as...
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N.J. Senate committee holds public hearing to repeal medical marijuana rules
TRENTON — A Senate committee today took another step toward dissolving the state health department's rules for the pending medical marijuana program that Gov. Chris Christie's administration has...
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Bills would limit salaries, spending by N.J. boards, commissions
TRENTON — The Legislature is advancing bills to limit salaries and spending at New Jersey’s many authorities, boards and commissions — nearly a year after Gov. Chris Christie urged lawmakers to reform...
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N.J. Senate committee approves tax exemption to draw more tour buses to...
TRENTON — A state Senate committee moved a bill forward today geared at boosting bus service to Atlantic City by exempting out-of-state companies from a tax, according to a report from the Press of...
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N.J. Senate panel advances bill that would offer vouchers for students in...
TRENTON — The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee voted 8-5 to advance the Opportunity Scholarship Act, a bill that would offer vouchers for students in failing public schools to attend private...
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N.J. reopens Route 46 bridge in Dover
DOVER — Morris County motorists can once again travel over the Route 46 bridge in Dover. The road was opened tonight for the first time since May, the state Department of Transportation announced....
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N.J. Supreme Court upholds appellate ruling in Miranda rights case
TRENTON — The state Supreme Court today upheld an appellate ruling that the accused killer in a 2007 Newark murder case knew his rights and legally waived them, orally and in writing, when he was...
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N.J. town hall meeting in Edison highlights education cuts
EDISON — A community meeting conducted tonight by state Sen. Barbara Buono to talk about cuts to education funding doubled as a pep rally for teachers and parents who expressed concern public...
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N.J. Senate committee approves removing $1.25B in toll hikes intended for ARC...
TRENTON — Democrats on Thursday told the Christie administration that because the governor has canceled the Hudson River rail tunnel, he should not get to keep toll revenue intended to pay for it. In...
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N.J. Senate moves towards dissolving Christie's medical marijuana proposal as...
TRENTON — As the Democratic-controlled Legislature and Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration continued to clash over how New Jersey’s medical marijuana program should operate, David Barnes...
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N.J. Assembly panel approves stricter rules on steroid use
Following Star-Ledger investigative series, bill would add HGH to list of drugs within N.J.'s prescription monitoring program TRENTON — An Assembly committee unanimously advanced legislation yesterday...
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Queen Latifah, Gov. Brendan Byrne announced as New Jersey Hall of Fame class...
Other inductees include John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Leon Hess, and Mary Higgins Clark Watch video TRENTON — One is a classic heartthrob whose gyrating hips, leather jacket and 1948 Ford convertible...
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N.J. Republicans to ramp up fundraising, leaving Democrats behind
Though GOP still trails in total money raised, their funds have increased over 4 years, while the Democrats' have dropped Andrew Mills/The Star-LedgerN.J. Gov. Chris Christie in this October 2010 file...
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Atlantic City mayor pulls out all the stops in attempt to meet with Gov....
By Michael Clark The Press of Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY — Aides in Gov. Chris Christie's office might want to start screening their phone calls. Mayor Lorenzo Langford, in another day of public...
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