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N.J. Gov. Christie meets with Mitt Romney at governor's mansion
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie hosted a frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday night, sitting down with Mitt Romney for dinner at the governor's mansion. Nearly two dozen...
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New Port Authority chairman says his role is not to mediate spending disputes...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie’s choice for chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told lawmakers today that his role will not be to mediate spending disputes between the governor...
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Gov. Christie says his office is working with towns to help them avoid...
Christie: 'It's time to make the tough decisions, and default is not the tough decision' Saed hindash/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie takes questions during a town hall meeting Monday in...
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N.J. Turnpike toll collectors protest privatization plan
Task force last year recommended the authority — which oversees the Turnpike and Garden State Parkway — solicit bids for a private firm to collect tolls on the two roads Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerA...
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Sens. Lautenberg, Menendez introduce federal gun-control bills
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three federal gun-control bills introduced Tuesday would help prevent such violence as the Tucson attack that left six dead and 14 injured, according to the New Jersey Democratic...
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Gov. Christie is appealing $271M bill from U.S. government for ARC tunnel
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie said tonight he is appealing the $271 million bill from the federal government for work done on the canceled ARC commuter train tunnel to New York City. "We are not...
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Gov. Christie moves to fire all but one member of Passaic Valley Sewerage...
Christie takes action to stop 'pattern of abuse' Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerGov. Chris Christie holds a town hall meeting about his reform agenda on Jan. 24. TRENTON — For decades, the commissioners...
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Mitt Romney visits Gov. Christie, lays groundwork for second presidential...
TRENTON — The Republican National Convention is more than a year away, but the gears of presidential politics are already turning in New Jersey. Mitt Romney, eyeing a second campaign for the nation’s...
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Top GOP member of N.J. Assembly budget committee steps down, replacement is...
Assemblyman Joe Malone will be replaced by Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon Mitsu Yasukawa/The Star-LedgerAssemblyman Declan J. O'Scanlon speaks during a meeting of the Assembly Budget Committee at the...
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Meteorologists warn heavy snow may turn into sleet, freezing rain
Up to 12 inches of heavy snow predicted to fall in northeastern New Jersey throughout the day, into the next morning Meteorologists are expecting the snow to continue falling through early Thursday...
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Christie renews call for veto power after move to fire Passaic Valley...
TRENTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is using the firing of six of the seven commissioners at the state's largest sewerage authority to renew his call for veto power over the actions of such...
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Four members of Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners to resign
Two other members have until today to quit or face removal proceedings Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerCommissioner Frank Calandriello, right, talks to fellow commissioner William F. Flynn,...
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Second phase of N.J. snowstorm threatens to drop up to 12 inches overnight
A new round of snow began moving into New Jersey after nightfall today as the second phase of a major winter storm threatened to dump as much as a foot of snow on winter-weary New Jersey. The first...
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N.J. Supreme Court rules slapping teen, taking her wages is not child neglect...
DYFS authorized emergency removal of teen after finding home was without heat Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerThe N.J. Supreme court hears its first cases of the 2010-11 term Monday at the Richard Hughes...
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N.J. Assembly Republicans shake up budget team in anticipation of Christie's...
TRENTON — Less than a month before Gov. Chris Christie will lay out his state budget plan, Republicans in the Assembly are shaking up their budget team. Assembly Budget Officer Joseph Malone...
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N.J. political, business leaders to ride Amtrak train on annual 'Walk to...
TRENTON — Despite more than a foot of snow on the ground in some parts of the state, the movers and shakers of New Jersey's business and political worlds will share a chartered Amtrak train headed to...
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Despite snow, N.J. 'Walk to Washington' train heads toward D.C. - Live blog
TRENTON — The movers and shakers of New Jersey's business and political worlds shared a chartered Amtrak train to the nation's capital today. The train pulled into D.C. this afternoon, sending some to...
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Sweeney frets feds might withhold millions for N.J. because Christie balked...
Christie doesn't believe N.J. owes a penny for canceling the planned tunnel, arguing that rising cost estimates for the tunnel and a state fiscal crisis made moving ahead with the project...
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Two more members of Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners resign
4 others stepped down after Christie charged they had used the agency as a 'piggy bank' Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerCommissioner Frank Calandriello, right, talks to fellow commissioner...
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N.Y.-appointed Port Authority official is delighted to remain in post
NEW YORK — Christopher Ward said he is “absolutely delighted” to remain executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey under Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York. “I am absolutely...
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