New Jersey Marriage Vote Canceled
New York Times - Thu Dec 10, 1:31 am ETSponsors of a bill to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey canceled a vote in the State Senate, where the measure appeared headed for defeat.
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Sponsors of a bill to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey canceled a vote in the State Senate, where the measure appeared headed for defeat.
TRENTON — Fearing they would not have enough support, sponsors of a bill that would allow gay marriage in New Jersey asked to postpone a state Senate vote that had been scheduled for today.
The Boss wants his home state to allow same-sex marriage. Bruce Springsteen chimed in on the issue Wednesday, just as New Jersey lawmakers delayed voting on a bill legalizing gay nuptials.
Trenton, NJ (AHN) – The Judiciary Committee of the New Jersey Senate narrowly passed a gay marriage bill late Monday night, less than a week after the City Council in the District of Columbia approved its own legislation giving gay couples the right to marry. Members of the Judiciary panel voted 7-6 to approve the Marriage [...]
The Corzine administration reversed course Monday and said it would apply in January for the first round of competition for federal stimulus money that could bring more than $200 million to New Jersey’s public schools.
Recent votes against same-sex marriage in Maine and New York led opponents of the New Jersey measure to say that the political tide had turned against it.
State senators have postponed a potential landmark vote that had been planned for today on legislation that would grant gay couples the right to marry in New Jersey, with the proposal's fate far from certain.
Although he is now working in the private sector with his own government relations company, Oxford Place resident Jeff Michaels can still extol the virtues of New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie, who he has known for about 30 years.
Construction projects in the Bordentown Regional, Mansfield Township, and Berlin Township School Districts were approved in referendums Tuesday.Two local questions were among four statewide that did not pass. In all, New Jersey voters approved 11 proposals representing more than $215 million in school building and renovation projects.
The state Senate Judiciary Committee approved Atlantic County Superior Court Judge William Nugent for permanent tenure Monday, sending his nomination to the full Senate. It is expected to be approved.
FRANKLIN TWP. Voters in 11 of 15 New Jersey school districts that went out for referendum on Tuesday approved more than $215 million in construction projects, but Delsea Regional's $3 million roof replacement was not among them.