New Jersey News

Thousands of unemployed New Jerseyans will not need to file paperwork with the state to qualify for additional jobless benefits.

Plainfield's UNICO at Meet the President Night at the Venetian in Garwood, New Jersey By UNICO 11/7/2009 A sell-out crowd of UNICANS showed up at the Venetian in Garfield, New Jersey on October 27th to meet and greet their new National President, Andre' DiMino, and First Lady Jenny.

Highlights of Tuesday's elections in New Jersey: GOVERNOR: Republican Chris Christie won the bitterly contested race over Democratic Gov.

New Jersey's next governor vowed Friday to veto any tax increase the Legislature sends to his desk in the coming year.

New Jersey's amusement industry had its first summer free of major injuries in more than a decade.

Some Democrats take a hit, but it's not necessarily a trend. November 06, 2009 6:44 AM ODESSA AMERICAN Tuesday's election results may not signal that the Republicans are back as a party capable of putting together a winning national coalition, and the result in New York's 23rd congressional district might presage a bitter intraparty squabble.

In Camden, President Obama campaigns for Gov. Corzine at the Susquehanna Bank Center.

A A A' Did you hear the one about the best way to identify public officials in New Jersey? Check for the handcuff marks on their wrists.

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean welcomed the announcement by Governor Corzine that he is taking steps to save an additional $400 million in this year’s budget.

“Governor Corzine is making the tough, necessary decisions to ensure that the state budget remains in balance throughout the remainder of the current fiscal year. It is encouraging that he moved quickly to address the revenue shortfall...

Senator Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R-Somerset) continued to call on Governor Jon Corzine today to release the results of a Rutgers study provided to the State Planning Commission that projects future population, employment and housing numbers in New Jersey. "These numbers are extremely important and will have a significant impact on the future development of New Jersey," Bateman stated. "I can not understand why the Corzine Administration wants to withhold this study. We are talking about jobs, open space preservation, affordable housing and a whole host of other important issues that will impact the everyday lives of New Jersey's residents." ...

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for a few thousand New Jerseyans -- and it's to tell them some good news.

Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean today called on Governor Jon Corzine to immediately impound all unspent funds. This year’s budget is running almost $1 billion behind in anticipated revenues. A projection by the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates the structural budget deficit for FY 2011 to be almost $10 billion. Impounding funds is using legal authority to set aside appropriated monies.

“It is vitally important that the Corzine Administration ensures that a portion of unspent funds are immediately impounded. Revenue collections for the current budget are running more than $1 billion behind, in the current fiscal year...

Republican Chris Christiea s election as New Jersey Governor stymied plans by the Democratic Legislature to raise the fourth-lowest gasoline taxes in the U.S. to finance the statea s depleted highway trust fund.

Christie TRENTON-Now that Republican Chris Christie has beaten incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine for the governor's seat in New Jersey, the commercial real estate industry in the state is awaiting his policy initiatives.

Republicans swept governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia as voters worried about jobs and the economy punished Democrats.

Amid this recession, families across New Jersey are struggling to keep up with basic needs, including securing the education of our children, yet the state chooses not to do all it can to assist private education in this crucial endeavor.

A federal magistrate has agreed to let New Jersey's governor join a lawsuit that seeks to overturn a federal ban on sports betting in New Jersey and 45 other states.

When all was said and done, New Jerseyans again decided to spend more green to be more green.

Chris Christie's Next Case: Who Stole My Election? By JOHN FUND The race for governor in New Jersey is so close in final polls that it may well end up in a recount -- the 1981 election did and was decided by less than 1,800 votes.

New Jerseyans' 12-for-12 record of approving open-space ballot questions dueled with concerns about state debt and the economy Tuesday, when voters decided whether to approve borrowing $400 million for state preservation programs.