Media

Christie blasts teachers union, calls for longer school year during back-to-school event

Gov. Chris Christie kicked off the school year Tuesday by reiterating his call for a longer one, while also bashing New Jersey's powerful teachers union.

Read more

Why You Don’t Labor on Labor Day

tt125.jpgOn Monday, we will celebrate Labor Day. For many, it represents the “unofficial” end of summer. The day that follows this holiday also signals a return to numerous classrooms. Labor Day remains a punctuation date that some welcome and others treat with a touch of regret.

Read more

Willingboro students receive new school supplies and backpacks

WILLINGBORO — Just in time for the school year, about 2,000 backpacks now have a new home.

Read more

Update: Christie says Medicaid expansion decision under Obamacare was the right one

It's been a little over three years since Gov. Chris Christie made the choice to expand Medicaid in New Jersey under President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act, a decision the Republican would later face criticism over as he prepared to run for president in 2016.

Read more

Christie says decision on ending NJ-PA tax pact coming soon

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he's close to making a decision on whether to end the nearly 40-year-old reciprocal income-tax agreement with Pennsylvania that spares residents who commute across the Delaware River for work from being taxed by the neighboring state.

Read more

Photos

Giving back always makes everyone smile!

Photos

On Saturday, Aug. 27, business owner Shakirra Starling of Trend Settaz Beauty Salon unified the community to bridge the gap between township officials, residents, and other local businesses with the first "Bridging the Gap Community Give Back School Supply Drive."

Read more

How much N.J. will get from the feds to fight opioid addiction

New Jersey will share in $26 million in federal grants earmarked to combat opioid abuse, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday.

Read more

Supreme Court Leaves Intact New Delaware Law That Expands Disclosure

For New Jerseyans supporting legislation that would require independent groups to report their contributions and expenditures, the U.S. Supreme Court has once again made a strong statement on behalf of disclosure.

Read more

Conaway, Singleton, Greenwald, Taliaferro & Quijano Bill to Boost Survivor Benefits for Children of Law Enforcement & Firefighters Now Law

(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Herb Conaway, Jr., MD, Troy Singleton, Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, Adam Taliaferro and Annette Quijano to significantly boost survivor benefits for children of State Police Officers and police and firefighters who die in the line of duty has been signed into law.

Read more

THE SQUANDERED PROMISE OF OFFSHORE WIND IN NEW JERSEY

Today is the sixth anniversary of a bill to build a framework for a thriving offshore-wind sector; the first U.S. offshore wind farm is two months away — in Rhode Island

Read more