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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.
ANDREW MILLS/THE STAR-LEDGERRepublican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie and running mate Kim Guadagno in Asbury Park July 20, 2009. ATLANTIC CITY -- New Jersey's first Lieutenant Gov.-elect Kim Guadagno addressed a crowd of fellow women in government during the annual League...
AUSTIN, Texas | Republicans governors are in a buoyant mood at their annual gathering here, with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arguing his partys Nov. 3 gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey presage a repeat of the historic 1994 GOP congressional elections sweep. "Everybody is focusing on 2012 -- its 2010 thats going to be the key," said Mr. Barbour, chairman of the Republican ...
AUSTIN, Texas | Republican governors are in a buoyant mood at their annual gathering here, with Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour arguing his party's Nov. 3 gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey presage a repeat of the historic 1994 Republican congressional elections sweep. "Everybody is focusing on 2012. It's 2010 that's going to be the key," said Mr. Barbour, chairman of the ...
ATLANTIC CITY - A panel of ex-governors told a gathering of New Jersey municipal officials that Gov. Jon S. Corzine lost in part because he never gave voters sufficient reason to vote for him, and they said Gov.-elect Chris Christie will have to tread lightly while governing a state facing the same economic challenges that helped swamp Corzine's campaign.
“You see a lot of ways to spend money,” said state Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney, of the New Jersey League of Municipalities forum. “What you don’t see is how to regionalize and save money.”
Thomas Jefferson, one of my personal heroes — and one hell of a legislator — once said, “Power is not alluring to pure minds.” If Jefferson were to sit in on some of the backdoor politicking currently going on in the Student Assembly, he would think that our minds are as dirty as a New Jersey sewer. Thus, when I evaluate the actions of the S.A., I like to follow the logic of a different ...
FILE - In this July 12, 2009 photo, Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays during the ninth inning of a baseball game, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Bailey, an All-Star in his first major league season, was selected first on 13 of 28 ballots and finished with 88 points.
ATLANTIC CITY -- New Jersey is in for some bipartisan pain, former state governors said today. Gov.-elect Chris Christie ran on a pledge to lower taxes and veto spending increases, but it will be difficult - if not impossible -...
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.
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.
