New Jersey
N.J. may bar credit reports as basis for turning down job applicants
The New Jersey Senate Labor committee has voted to prohibit employers from using credit reports as the basis for turning down job applica ...
14 years ago
Child-welfare investigators faulted after death ot N.J. toddler
A state report says child-protection workers in New Jersey could have done a better job of investigating domestic violence complaints bef ...
15 years ago
N.J. moves to curtail sick-leave payouts
Municipal leaders in New Jersey are welcoming a proposal to curtail sick-leave payouts for retiring public workers. Legislation in ...
15 years ago
Princeton presents long-silenced Prokofiev work
On Thursday, Princeton University will premiere a lost musical play by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. “Eugene Onegin ...
15 years ago
A few weeks into the job, N.J. attorney general outlines priorities
New Jersey’s new attorney general has known Gov. Chris Christie for a long time. Jeff Chiesa met Christie in the 1980s at the law f ...
15 years ago
Closer to a health exchange in New Jersey
New Jersey Assemblyman Herb Conaway, D-Burlington, is offering a first look at how a health-insurance exchange might work in the Garden S ...
15 years ago
South Jersey could have medical marijuana dispensary in 2012
A medical marijuana center could open in a South Jersey town this year, with the mayor’s blessing. Egg Harbor Mayo ...
15 years ago
Consumer agency gives thumbs-down to N.J. wind project
An agency that represents consumers in setting energy policy is recommending that New Jersey reject a proposed offshore wind farm. ...
15 years ago
N.J. casinos may allow wagers on hand-held devices
A New Jersey Senate committee has advanced legislation that would allow Atlantic City casinos to offer customers hand-held devices to pla ...
15 years ago
Area Catholics react to call for action on birth control policy
Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are asking the faithful to speak out against a federal policy that will require ...
15 years ago
N.J. considers allowing victims of domestic violence to monitor offenders
A New Jersey Assembly committee has advanced legislation intended to help protect victims of domestic violence. The bill would all ...
15 years ago
Casey offers bill to streamline medical-device approvals
U.S. Sens. Bob Casey and John McCain have introduced legislation aimed at streamlining the approval process for medical devices. U ...
15 years ago
N.J. Senate panel hears more on university consolidation plan
Recommendations to reorganize medical education met with some support and some criticism in a New Jersey Senate committee hearing Monday. ...
15 years ago
Camden calls on surrounding towns to take care of homeless
Camden is sending a message to surrounding towns: Take care of your own homeless. Mayor Dana Redd believes the city alre ...
15 years ago
Remaking Rutgers: Camden campus to become part of Rowan University
Gov. Chris Christie says the plan to break up the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and merge Rutgers-C ...
15 years ago