New Jersey
9 DRPA cops honored for heroism
I confess to seeking some counterprogramming this morning, having my fill of headlines and news coverage of Whitney Houston’s funer ...
14 years ago
Christie’s veto halts New Jersey marriage-equality effort
As promised, New Jersey Gov. vetoed on Friday the same-sex marriage bill passed by the Assembly a day earlier and the state Senate on Mon ...
14 years ago
Little risk from hurricanes for wind farms off N.J. coast
A new study confirms that any wind turbines built off the coast of New Jersey would stand relatively little risk of being destroyed by a ...
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N.J. may make distributing accident-scene photos a crime
A Senate committee has approved legislation that would make it a crime for first responders in New Jersey to distribute photographs of ac ...
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Most N.J. school districts want to move elections to November
About 80 percent of the school districts in New Jersey have decided to move their elections from April to November. More than 400 ...
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N.J. Assembly bill spells out ink cartridge requirements
The New Jersey Assembly has passed legislation intended to help consumers save money on the ink cartridges for their computer printers. ...
14 years ago
South Jersey light rail plan advances
The area just got one step closer to adding a public transportation line running from Camden to Glassboro, N.J., as the Delaware River Po ...
14 years ago
Destined for veto, marriage equality bill passes in N.J.
Although it faces a certain veto, a bill legalizing gay marriage in New Jersey won approval in the Assembly by a vote of 42-33. Ad ...
14 years ago
Does Christie’s vow to veto gay marriage legislation have political motivation?
The governor’s promise of a veto may have political motivations, according to NewsWorks blogger Dick Polman. Polman writes t ...
14 years ago
The decision to fly New Jersey flags at half-staff for Whitney Houston
The decision by Governor Chris Christie to fly the state’s flags at half-staff Saturday in honor of Whitney Houston has received mu ...
14 years ago
The fight is on: DEP gears up to stop spread of pine beetle in New Jersey
The Department of Environmental Protection is ready to take aggressive steps in fighting the spread of the southern pine beetle through s ...
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Rutgers board hears passionate pleas to stop Camden campus merger with Rowan
The Rutgers Board of Governors got a big, passionate reception Wednesday at the Camden campus. Outside, more than 100 students rallied ag ...
14 years ago
GOP leader foresees ‘war of ideas’ in N.J.
As the new legislative session gets under way in New Jersey, the leader of the minority Republican Party in the Assembly says he’s ...
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N.J. lawmaker wants to encourage good Samaritans
The New Jersey Assembly could give final legislative approval Thursday to a measure that would remove the risk of lawsuits for using a li ...
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Burlington County’s Buttonwood Hospital latest to privatize due to money woes
Buttonwood hospital in Burlington County, N.J., has been providing nursing home and psychiatric care to largely low-income adults for mor ...
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