TRENTON — With less than two weeks to the Fourth of July, state lawmakers on Thursday gave final passage to a bill that would legalize the sale and possession of some backyard fireworks in New Jersey. But the question is: Will Gov. Chris Christie sign the measure into law in time for Independence Day celebrations? […]
Credit: Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday met workers at an Interstate 95 project in Mercer County that is being funded by the Transportation Trust Fund. Gov. Chris Christie and lawmakers remained in a stalemate yesterday over the next state budget, moving another day closer to the date when the state constitution would […]
TRENTON — It’s now up to Gov. Chris Christie whether online marketplaces such as Airbnb that offer short-term housing rentals will be taxed the same way hotels are in New Jersey. The state Senate on Monday gave final legislative approval to the bill, which would allow municipalities to impose sales and use taxes, as well […]
State Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) In an ironic twist, the fate of school funding for next year may not hinge on the usual Democratic-Republican politics, but instead on what has become a nasty feud between New Jersey’s top Democrat and its dominant teachers union. State Senate President Steve Sweeney and the New Jersey Education […]
TRENTON — Senate President Stephen Sweeney on Monday said he plans to meet with Gov. Chris Christie this week on the state budget — a negotiating session that could deliver a small dose of school reform or a messy government shutdown. If Christie won’t play ball on a school funding deal Democratic leaders reached last […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s call for Cuba to extradite convicted New Jersey cop killer Joanne Chesimard came after he and members of his administration had conversations with Gov. Chris Christie and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez. Trump drew bipartisan praise from the Garden State when he singled out Chesimard on Friday during his speech rolling […]
Gov. Chris Christie’s state treasurer appeared before lawmakers yesterday to make an in-person pitch for the administration’s proposal to use the revenue-generating state Lottery to help prop up New Jersey’s beleaguered public-employee pension system. Whether the lawmakers decide to play along under what’s now a tight deadline for action remains to be seen. During an […]
Governor Chris Christie is proposing his long-time friend Michele Brown to sit on the board of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Save Jerseyans. The Friday morning announcement comes shortly after Christie sought legislative support to seize the insurer’s emergency surplus to fund low-income residents’ drug addiction services. The move was almost universally panned […]
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Quinnipiac projected a 10-point Christie lead at this point in 2009, Save Jerseyans. This week? Eight years later? A new Quinnipiac Poll released Wednesday finds Phil Murphy (D-Goldman Sachs) with a massive 29-point lead over Chris Christie’s second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, 55% to 26%. It’s a challenging landscape across the board for the newly-minted […]
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Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson A state Superior Court judge yesterday ruled against a bipartisan group of lawmakers who are seeking to stop Gov. Chris Christie’s controversial, multimillion-dollar renovation of the State House in Trenton. The judge said that because bonds have already been sold to fund the rehab work any legal challenges are now […]
Christopher Wray Although Christopher Wray, President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the FBI, wasn’t the most high-profile Bridgegate lawyer, he emerged as a public figure just after the public learned that a key piece of possible evidence – Gov. Chris Christie’s personal cellphone – would be forever kept from public view. Last summer, after a […]
Trenton Democrats love raising taxes. The truly talented ones invent new taxes. State Senator Bob Gordon (D-38), Chairman of the New Jersey State Senate’s Legislative Oversight Committee, is inventing a new type of tax — which he calls “Impact Fees” — which would be levied on developers as part of a purported solution the NJ Transit crisis. […]
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“A vote for Kim Guadagno is a vote for a third term for Chris Christie,” the DGA’s new attack site screamed on the morning after. Here we go, folks… ChristiesThirdTerm.com, a product of the DGA, was primed to launch before last night’s expected victory in the Republican Primary, but it’s nothing that the LG’s GOP […]
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A blessing? Or a curse? We may not know the answer until November, Save Jerseyans, but for now, Chris Christie is formally endorsing his #2, Kim Guadagno, in today’s NJGOP gubernatorial primary to succeed him. “I think the biggest endorsement you can give somebody is your vote. I’ve worked with her for eight years and I […]
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As New Jerseyans cast ballots in this year’s primary elections, Chris Christie issued a proclamation declaring June 6, 2017 “D-Day Remembrance Day” on the 73rd Anniversary of D-Day: Today, we join the rest of the world in commemorating the 73rd anniversary of D-Day. All Americans owe a tremendous debt of gratitude and appreciation to our World […]
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NEWARK–The sentencing next week of David Wildstein, a key figure in the Bridgegate scandal, has been postponed until next month. The delay until July 12 was approved by U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton after a scheduling conference with prosecutors and the defense on Monday. Wildstein, 55, who pleaded guilty for his role in the case […]
