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Planning group calls for $15B expansion of Newark, LaGuardia, JFK airports
Port Authority-commissioned study recommends demolishing and rebuilding portions of Terminals A and C, all of Terminal B in Newark Watch video Tim Farrell/The Star-LedgerView of the tarmac and runways...
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Christie highlights education and benefits reform, fiscal discipline in...
Business leaders, lawmakers were optimistic during the annual 'Walk to Washington' train ride WASHINGTON — It would take more than another dumping of snow to stop New Jersey’s lawmakers and lobbyists...
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N.J. bill aims to end nepotism at charter, public schools
If passed, the law would apply not just to the superintendent and school board members' relatives, but also prohibit additional administrators from hiring relatives Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerView...
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N.J. DOT says it exhausted entire snow budget before most recent storm
TRENTON — The New Jersey Department of Transportation admitted Thursday that before this week's big storm had even hit, the agency had exhausted its entire $20 million budget for storm cleanup,...
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Gov. Christie signs bill giving utility companies incentive to build power...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie today signed a controversial bill supporters say will lower energy rates but critics say locks ratepayers into 15 years of subsidies for some power suppliers. The bill...
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Gangs have presence in 254 towns, in every county in N.J., survey shows
Check gang presence in your town Mitsu Yasukawa/The Star-LedgerGangs have spread throughout New Jersey, according to a State Police report. A file photo from a police headquarters taken in 2009 shows...
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Proposal would shift N.J. money to suburban school districts by cutting...
Redistributes $300M to schools that had funding slashed Watch video Jennifer Brown/The Star-LedgerChildren in the 4-year-old summer preschool at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center in Union City put away...
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N.J. lawmakers consider $50M tax break for unfinished Atlantic City casino
ATLANTIC CITY — A state board will vote Tuesday on whether to grant the unfinished Revel Casino in Atlantic City a $50 million tax break to improve public infrastructure related to the project,...
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N.J. redistricting commission argues over whether it is at an impasse
Democrats want to declare impasse to bring in 11th non-partisan member, but GOP says they hope to find common ground CAMDEN — In the contentious process to redraw the state’s 40 legislative districts,...
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N.J. Democrats, Republicans agree on Rutgers professor as 11th member of...
CAMDEN — Democratic and Republican members of the state’s legislative redistricting commission said today they expect Rutgers University public policy professor Alan Rosenthal to be the 11th...
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Dozens testify on how to better redraw N.J. congressional districts in front...
CAMDEN — New Jersey’s state legislative districts are too safe for political parties, a political analyst today told the commission charged with redrawing them. Although New Jersey has 40 legislative...
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N.J. finance board approves 23 percent tax hike in Camden, allowing city to...
Camden's first tax increase in 10 years could restore 30 to 35 police jobs Watch video CAMDEN — A handful of Camden police officers who lost their jobs to budget cuts this month may get their jobs...
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Hispanics seek their own place on redrawn N.J. legislative map
Hispanics make up almost 17 percent of N.J.'s population, but there are only six Latino legislators in the state Senate, Assembly CAMDEN — Early in the process to redraw the state’s 40 legislative...
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Political contributions from workers at Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners...
PVSC employees were pressured to buy tickets for political fundraising events out of fear of retribution, according to several sources Aristide Economopoulos/The Star-LedgerCommissioner Frank...
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Critics see 'clear bias' in task force report for closing Hagedorn...
Unable to reach consensus, members lean toward keeping hospital open Watch video Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerHagedorn Psychiatric Hospital in Glen Gardener. GLEN GARDNER — Closing the Hagedorn...
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N.J. Senate committee to consider bill that would require schools to conduct...
TRENTON — Schools in New Jersey might have to conduct classes about dating violence. The Senate Education Committee today will consider a bill that would create a task force to develop a policy to...
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N.J., Port Authority paid $95.5M to lease land for ARC tunnel project one...
TRENTON — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey paid $95.5 million to lease land for the Hudson River tunnel project a week before Gov. Chris Christie froze it. The agency told The Record...
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Gov. Christie signs legislation creating special license plates for families...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation today creating a special license plate design to honor families of members of the military killed in action. The Gold Star Families license plate will...
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N.J. redistricting could shift legislative seat toward southern part of state
TRENTON — As officials prepare to start using new population counts to create new state election districts, the possibility exists that they could move a whole legislative district from the northern...
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Atlantic City mayor refuses to attend Gov. Christie's talk on tourism, casino...
ATLANTIC CITY — In response to Gov. Chris Christie's scheduled appearance in Atlantic City, Mayor Lorenzo Langford said he won't be attending, according to a report by Press of Atlantic City. Christie...
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