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Memo warns proposed toll hike rollbacks pose trouble for N.J.
Democrats say the $1.25 billion intended for the ARC tunnel should be rolled back because the project was canceled by Gov. Christie Patti Sapone/The Star-LedgerThe Office of Legislative Services has...
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Gov. Christie travels to Chicago in effort to lure businesses to N.J.
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie traveled to Chicago Friday to lure businesses away, an endeavor that could produce some returns for New Jersey. The trip came as Democratic governors in two states...
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Proposed bill bans lame-duck N.J. politicians from approving promotions, pay...
TRENTON — Public officials who lose re-election would be barred from approving promotions and pay raises as they leave office, under a bill sponsored by two Bergen County lawmakers. The measure was...
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Speaking at NJEA conference, U.S. Sen. Menendez says it's time to stop...
Senator said, 'No one is in this for the money' Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerU.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, pictured in a March file photo, who has long supported the teachers union, today told them he...
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N.J. tax to help low-income people pay cable TV bills was instead used to...
$9.2 million fund sat untouched until Gov. Chris Christie used the money to fill budget gap Noah Addis/For The Star-LedgerRichard Hersh poses for a portrait in his apartment in Collingswood on...
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N.J. Assembly bill to give tax incentives for electric car purchases
TRENTON -- New Jerseyans who buy electric vehicles could qualify for tax incentives under legislation that's making its way through the state Assembly. The six-bill package would also provide benefits...
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N.J. senators, Amtrak official to announce new commuter train tunnel project...
9-mile 'Gateway Tunnel' would follow same footprint as the one Gov. Christie canceled last year Watch video Jerry McCrea/The Star-LedgerU.S. senators Robert Menendez and Frank Lautenberg will on...
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Police, firefighters to address N.J. Senate on how layoffs are affecting...
TRENTON — Lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate will hear from police and firefighters about how layoffs are impacting public safety. The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee has invited several...
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Bill in N.J. Senate committee proposes lowering fine for driving without...
TRENTON — Drivers would face lower fines if they forget their license, registration or insurance identification cards under a bill that advanced in the state Senate today. The bill's sponsor, state...
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N.J. Senate advances bill that would give rate counsel office a say should NJ...
TRENTON — The Office of the Rate Counsel would have a say next time NJ Transit proposes raising fares under a bill that cleared a Senate panel this morning. State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex)...
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N.J. redistricting panel member refuses to attend public meetings until he...
TRENTON — Alan Rosenthal, the presumptive tie-breaking member of the state legislative redistricting commission, said today he will not attend the commission’s upcoming public meetings on Wednesday...
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Fiancee of slain Lakewood officer Christopher Matlosz testifies against N.J....
TRENTON — The fiancee of a Lakewood police officer killed in the line of duty has told lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate that the thought of police layoffs makes her sick. Kelly Walsifer said her...
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Gov. Christie says one Illinois business leader was 'sold,' wants more...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie says he has "one very solid lead" as a result of his trip to Chicago last week to try to lure businesses back to New Jersey. Christie, who paid for the two-day trip...
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Gov. Christie slams N.J. Democrats' efforts to roll back toll hikes
The GOP governor says: 'This is such rank, immature and dangerous politics' Watch video Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerView looking south as cars file through the toll booths on the Garden State Parkway...
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Republican lawmakers propose bills supporting Christie's N.J. pension reform...
TRENTON — Republicans in the Legislature have proposed bills to reform the state’s pension system based on Gov. Chris Christie’s ideas. The bills would roll back past pension increases, raise the...
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Christie is 'thrilled' with Gateway tunnel proposal, takes credit for...
Christie says new proposal addresses concerns that led to cancellation of the ARC Watch video Ed Murray/The Star-LedgerGovernor Christ Christie at a press conference in Trenton on Feb. 7, 2011....
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Sen. Weinberg criticizes N.J. commissioner's delay of implementation of...
TRENTON — New Jersey Health and Senior Services Commissioner Poonam Alaigh declined to testify before the Senate health committee today. Chairwoman Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) said she would call a...
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N.J. police, firefighters say manpower is needed to fight crime, fires
TRENTON — Police and firefighters decried the wave of layoffs across New Jersey today, telling lawmakers there is no substitute for manpower in fighting crime and quickly responding to fires. Newark...
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Gov. Christie calls law designed to help low-income senior citizens, disabled...
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie today called a five-year-old law designed to help low-income senior citizens and disabled people pay their cable TV bills "a dumb idea," saying there was no way the state...
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Gov. Christie, Democratic U.S. senators scramble to take credit for Gateway...
Lautenberg, Menendez cast themselves as savior of the commuter rail, a project they say Christie abandoned; At his own conference, Christie took credit for saving taxpayers billions TRENTON — After...
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