New Jersey
Sandy aid package moving toward House votes
The House began debate Tuesday on a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeast lawmakers hoped could be approved despite a ...
13 years ago
Chris Christie to hold his 100th town hall-style meeting
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will host his 100th town hall-style meeting on Wednesday. The first-term governor uses the town hal ...
13 years ago
The Press of Atlantic City put up for sale
The family holding company that owns The Press of Atlantic City has put the daily newsp ...
13 years ago
N.J. tourism groups seek $20 million to counter perceptions of obliterated Shore
Concerned that Sandy might cast a pall over the summer season, tourism officials in New Jersey are seeking $20 million in emergency state ...
13 years ago
N.J. lawmakers get update on flu
A New Jersey Assembly committee heard testimony Monday about the impact of the flu outbreak. The situation is dire, according to S ...
13 years ago
Critics say hurricane relief bill includes non-Sandy projects
Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a “not-so-fast” campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package ...
13 years ago
New Jersey’s voters need Christie to be more than just Sandy
This is commentary from political blogger and cartoonist Rob Tornoe. Governor Chris Christie has done a fantastic job as ...
13 years ago
Drop in energy prices stalls New Jersey’s solar energy sector
In December, preliminary figures from the state Office of Clean Energy indicate that just nine megawatts of new arrays were installed in ...
13 years ago
Rigged New Jersey tax-lien auctions ‘harmed thousands’ of homeowners
For at least 11 years, bidders on tax-sale certificates in New Jersey systematically rigged municipal auctions, defrauding thousands of a ...
13 years ago
Rally in N.J. aims to draw attention to human trafficking
Dozens of people gathered at the Statehouse in Trenton Friday to rally for stronger penalties for human trafficking in New Jersey as well ...
13 years ago
A straightforward assessment of the destructive power that raised Sandy to the status of ‘superstorm’ $18 billio ...
13 years ago
KIPP should be given a chance to run Camden charter schools
This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. This week NJ Spotlight acquired, via a fo ...
13 years ago
Removal of debris Hurricane Sandy dumped in Barnegat Bay is expected to get under way early this week. Gov. Chris Christie says ne ...
13 years ago
$100,000 gun buyback set for Trenton
New Jersey’s latest gun buyback program will be held in Trenton later this month. The state capital has experienced a rise in gun v ...
13 years ago
‘Silver Linings Playbook’ author thrilled over Oscar nominations
Silver Linings Playbook, which is set in the Philadelphia area, has been ...
13 years ago