New Jersey Government News

New Jersey is more than four years behind schedule in finishing a plan to combat invasive plants, animals and other organisms that threaten our environment.

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

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

Last Tuesday, Chris Christie was elected the 55th governor of New Jersey a ' the first Republican to be elected to statewide office since Christine Todd Whitman in 1997.

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.

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.

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

At least two candidates in the race for Governor of new Jersey have cast their votes this morning.

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.

Funding for open-space preservation and acquisition was put before New Jersey voters Tuesday in what was expected to be a barometer of attitudes about the state's fiscal woes.

I have seen the future of American politics, and it is big. You can get a glimpse of it in the New Jersey governor's race, which pits the slim, distance-running, Democratic incumbent Jon Corzine against Republican Chris Christie, who is built for comfort, not for speed.

I lived in the Garden State for the first 18 years of my life, so it's strange to cover and read about the governor's race there today.

Earlier today in New Yorks 23rd, Republican Dede Scozzafava packed up her Congressional race and went home.

1, 1947, in Willey's Station, Ill. EXPERIENCE: Served in U.S. Senate from 2001-05; elected governor of New Jersey in 2005.

Next Tuesday, Nov. 3, voters across the nation will take to the polls in the first elections since President Obama's inauguration.

With little time remaining until Election Day, it is time put aside distracting, misleading attacks and snide remarks so we can focus on the issues that matter most to New Jerseyans.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine said Monday he will take legal action to block the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from deepening the Delaware River channel from 40 to 45 feet because the agency has not proven to state environmental regulators that the project is ecologically sound.

New Jersey health officials are proposing new regulations to better identify children exposed to lead poisoning and to make it easier for homeowners to clean up lead contamination.

Garden State politicians harvest scandals by the bushel. Mark Greenbaum is a native of South Orange and bemused observer of his home state who lives in Washington New Jersey has it tough.

Lost in the ferocity of Democratic criticism of Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie's proposal to permit mandate-free health insurance policies in the state is that New Jersey already requires bare-bones policies to be available.