New Jersey Nears Vote on Letting Gays Marry
New York Times - Sat Dec 5, 6:46 pm ETRecent 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.
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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.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Legislature kicked off the lame duck session Monday with Democrats picking new leaders but both houses failing to advance a gay marriage bill that will die with the Republican governor-elect unless it's signed before his Jan. 19 inauguration.
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Final fundraising tallies for local candidates who ran on Election Day three weeks ago will be disclosed Dec. 2, the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission announced today.
With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of...
The New Jersey Assembly has chosen new leaders.
As a New Jersey couple drove by Mt. Jackson's apple-themed water tower on Interstate 81, a dispute erupted that meant only one thing -- an e-mail demanding an answer had to be sent to a town employee as soon as possible.
Democrats are seeing a "now or never" urgency for pushing through a social agenda in the New Jersey Legislature.
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ATLANTIC CITY — The total amount of money raised by candidates in the resort’s June primary race is the third-highest among municipalities and counties in New Jersey, according to data compiled by the state Election Law Enforcement Commission.