New Jersey
Poll: Visitors to the Jersey Shore have no place to go
For many vacationers, there is no place like the Jersey Shore. But beach-bums lament the lack of public bathrooms. That’s a ...
14 years ago
Ad fuels battle between teachers union, N.J. powerbroker
While public employees rally in Trenton, a high-profile battle has erupted between a South Jersey power broker and the teachers union. Th ...
14 years ago
ACLU fights denial of tuition help to U.S.-born student with immigrant mom
After a New Jersey student aid agency denied grants and loans to a top high school student because of her mother’s immigration stat ...
14 years ago
In Camden, Christie pushes school transformation idea
New Jersey has struggled for years to turn around its urban public schools. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was in Camden today ...
14 years ago
Camden pleas to residents not to open fire hydrants
The city of Camden has crime and poverty, and now it’s experiencing a “severe water shortage.”Mayor Dana Redd said duri ...
14 years ago
Camden to open downtown library branch at Rutgers this fall
Wednesday, Rutgers-Camden announced a partnership with the city, that’s being called “innovative”–letting the ...
14 years ago
Jesse Jackson criticizes Chris Christie in visit to Camden
Reverend Jesse Jackson swung through the area Tuesday: speaking out in favor of collective bargaining and budget fairness. The civi ...
14 years ago
Despite winter storms, New Jersey beaches in good shape for the holiday weekend
New Jersey beaches are in good shape says Jon Miller, a professor at Stephens Institute of Technology, who specializes in coastal re ...
14 years ago
Sea level rising, but it’s not time to sell the beach house yet
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer as Delaware Valley residents head down the shore. Sea levels at the Jersey shore ...
14 years ago
‘Fort Dix Five’ supporters protest during court proceeding
In a federal appeals court in Philadelphia Monday, attorneys for five men convicted of plotting to attack a New Jersey military base chal ...
14 years ago
There are going to be a few extra bodies fighting crime in Camden, New Jersey. After months of making do with with what they had, t ...
14 years ago
Pilot program evaluating New Jersey teachers to begin this fall
New teacher evaluations that are part of Governor Christie’s education reforms will not be put in place in all of New Jersey’ ...
14 years ago
New Jersey adds jobs, but unemployment doesn’t budge
New Jersey has more jobs for the third straight month, but the unemployment rate is unchanged. Employers in the Garden State added ...
14 years ago
N.J. voters approve far more school budgets this year than last
This year, school districts in New Jersey got a pretty big break. “Voters approved nearly 80 percent of school budget proposals whi ...
14 years ago
NJ Supreme Court to take up school funding case
WHYY’s Jo Ann Allen speaks with John Mooney of NJSpotlight.com about the latest twist in the New Jersey Supreme Court’s long ...
14 years ago