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Lagging N.J. tax revenues jeopardize Christie income tax-cut plan, Democrats say

New Jersey tax collections are below the projections made by the Christie administration. The latest figures from the New Jersey T ...

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Rain or shine, monitoring forest fire danger in New Jersey is 24/7 job

This year’s unusually warm and dry weather has made the Pine Barrens especially vulnerable to fires, which has caused plenty of con ...

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Hundreds rally in N.J. to keep former Rutgers student in Clementi case out of prison

Hundreds of people rallied outside the New Jersey Statehouse Monday in support of Dharun Ravi. The former Rutgers University student was ...

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Lawmakers urged to keep fracking wastes out of New Jersey

A coalition of environmental and community groups is urging the New Jersey Legislature to approve a ban on fracking waste from other stat ...

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Fearing a hit to the pocketbook, most N.J. voters oppose online gambling, poll finds

A bill to allow Internet gambling on casino games is making its way through the New Jersey Legislature, but a new poll shows the majority ...

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An imagination is a terrible thing to waste

Years ago, during a business meeting in my pre-cartooning days of hiring and firing people for a local pharmacy chain, one of my bosses f ...

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Photos: A special kind of Mother’s Day at Camden’s Ronald McDonald House

Members of the Lauren Rose Albert Foundation took part of their weekend to provide a special ...

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For foster kids’ safety, Camden lawmaker wants N.J. to change home-schooling rules

A measure intended to ensure the safety of children in foster care will have a hearing Monday before a New Jersey Assembly committee. ...

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Interactive map: Waste and recycling in New Jersey

NJ Spotlight has found New Jerseyans are recycling less of their waste than they did in the mid-1990s, according to data from the state D ...

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Roadside BBQ: South Jersey’s secret gastronomic weapon

When it comes to most things, food or otherwise, people are likely to say that North Jersey has it better than South Jersey: more ethnic ...

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N.J. cracks down on gun trafficking in cities

Authorities in New Jersey are aggressively targeting gun violence in urban areas. In a new initiative, the State Police Intelligen ...

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N.J. lawmakers consider banning unsolicited text messages

Tired of advertising being sent to your phone? The New Jersey Legislature is talking about banning unsolicited text message ads. A ...

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The decision to divert environmental funding to fill a hole in New Jersey’s budget

In the fiscal year 2013 budget, Gov. Chris Christie’s administration has suggested diverting millions of dollars in environmental f ...

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Old Man Willow: As told by Princeton resident Frank Magalhaes

Joyce Kilmer may never have seen a poem lovely as a tree, but Frank Magalhaes proclaims “I Am a Tree” in a series of photogra ...

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A calculated move? Christie turns up heat on NJEA

To those who follow NJ’s education politics — particularly the fraught relationship between Gov. Chris Christie and NJEA, NJ̵ ...

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