“John Doe” has asked for the names associated with the Bridgegate case to remain sealed, but that request was denied. An unnamed person tried to reverse a judge’s ruling that all of the names associated with the highly-publicized traffic disruption on the New Jersey side of the bridge that became a politically charged issue. Many…
There will be major changes coming soon to the school funding formula in New Jersey. Senate President Steve Sweeney says he is very close to unveiling a new plan that would dictate how state dollars are given to school districts. New Jersey last changed its school funding formula back in 2008.
A forest fire that started Thursday evening in Burlington County and burned over 460 acres is now 60 percent contained. The New Jersey Fire Service reports that the fire in the Bass River State Forest spread quickly overnight on Thursday and was eventually contained by crews who set controlled burns to keep the fire from…
President Obama will deliver commencement remarks at Rutgers University on Sunday and security is expected to be very tight. There will be security screening much like airports around the country before the President’s arrival. A limit on guest tickets has been imposed, and various transportation routes are being established to and from the ceremony.
New Jersey’s investment into colleges and universities is paying huge dividends. Those words came Thursday from Governor Christie who appeared at a new nursing school at Thomas Edison State University. The Christie administration has pledged $1.3 billion to new construction at 46 different institutions. It’s the first investment in colleges New Jersey has made since…
New Jersey’s unemployment trust fund is now flush with nearly $2 billion in funding. That was the message delivered by Governor Chris Christie on Wednesday to an insurance group. Christie says anti-fraud efforts have worked in the Garden State and as a result, employers in New Jersey have saved a collective $380 million in taxes.
On Wednesday afternoon Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton brought her campaign to New Jersey, after losing the West Virginia primary to Bernie Sanders the day before. The former Sect. of State appeared at Camden County College in Blackwood. Clinton told her supporters that the road to her party’s nomination goes right through New Jersey. “I…
Late on Tuesday the House of Representatives approved S. 125, the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, by unanimous vote. U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02) and Pete Visclosky (IN-01) authored the original legislation in 1997 and introduced the House-version of the latest reauthorization in January 2015. The measure will now be sent…
Presumed republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is reportedly considering Chris Christie to be his vice president. Trump told the Associated Press that he has six candidates under consideration for the second in command position and Christie is on that list. Trump says he doesn’t need a businessperson on his ticket since he has that workload…
A woman who was killed during a motor vehicle accident on Route 55 on Friday morning was not the victim of a hit and run. New Jersey State Police now say 32 year old Anabel Aponte was ejected from her vehicle during her accident, and she was already dead when she was struck by a…