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1. Analysis of the primaries: N.J. Republicans have advantage heading to the fall
(Opinion/Commentary)

... five Democratic officeholders ran unopposed. But there still were a total of 5 contested Democratic House primaries this year, when 2 or 3 is the norm. And yet, Democrats could only manage to get 158,000 ...

2. Chiusano urges Assembly to act quickly on N.J. affordable housing bill
(N.J./State)

... planning, religious and other community organizations opposed?''  ...

3. Senate approves N.J. affordable housing bill
(N.J./State)

Measure opposed by activists moves to Assembly BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM UPDATED Bipartisan legislation which would replace abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) ...

4. Steve Adubato: I’m not convinced the Tea Party wants to win at all
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and feel really good about yourself. I'm not impressed by the Tea Party until it becomes clear that they are actually in it to win it as opposed to just being a thorn in everyone's side who actually has ...

5. Women make political gains in state primary elections
(U.S./Nation)

... in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., be warned because you now face your worst nightmare — two businesswomen," said Whitman. Whitman will face off against former governor Jerry Brown, who ran unopposed ...

6. World’s use of secret prisons discussed in U.N. report
(World/International)

... filibustery." He stressed that some countries that originally opposed the report, like Egypt, "chose not to speak" in Thursday's meeting, while some "spoke in a tone which was stronger than others," ...

7. Bill to change affordable housing rules, abolish COAH, up for vote
(N.J./State)

Measure strongly opposed by housing activists Legislation that bipartisan sponsors insist will provide more affordable housing in New Jersey and which housing activists charge will harm the effort, is ...

8. GOP counting on ex-Eagles' star Jon Runyan to oust Adler
(N.J./State)

... Monmouth and Somerset, Democratic incumbent Rush Holt will be opposed by Republican Scott Sipprelle of Princeton. And in the 13th District in part of Hudson, Essex, Middlesex and Union counties, incumbent ...

9. Give me a break
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... industry. I fail to see how allowing supermarkets to have 10 liquor licenses STATE WIDE over a 10 year period will create a monopoly, and honestly it seems like the only people who could be opposed to ...

10. ‘Republican Tea Party Approved’ challenging in N.J.
(N.J./State)

... strategists don't expect that any of the 8 incumbent Democratic or 5 Republican congressmen will lose their party's nomination — 6 of them are running unopposed — there are contests of a sort in 14 of ...

11. Pluto IS still a planet
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... Their decision was immediately opposed in a formal petition by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. Stern and like-minded ...

12. Schundler Pays The Price
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... federal funds for education. But he did the right thing and showed he could get things done as opposed to Christe. He didn't deserved the wrath of Kim Jong Christie. I read in the Asbury Park Press that ...

13. N.J. teacher merit pay is ‘OK,’ say school administrators, but be careful how performance is measured
(N.J./State)

... and reform, especially in chronically underperforming schools. Incorporating merit pay is intended to attract effective teachers to work with the most challenged students. Some groups have opposed ...

14. The month of June is sure to test Christie's clout
(Opinion/Commentary)

... he asked for. That's simply not going to happen primarily because he's adamantly opposed to new taxes and because process wise he has total control. He gets to line-item veto any spending the Democrats ...

15. The Pill that changed the world turns 50
(Life/Style)

... political advocacy groups. The Catholic hierarchy consistently opposed the Pill from its inception, even though in 1970, "two-thirds of Catholic women were using birth control and more than a quarter were ...

16. Setttlements
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... property rights, when it comes to all the rights and privileges accruing to a citizen of a country as opposed to aliens, legal and otherwise. Unless Israel is willing to extend citizenship to Palestinian ...

17. N.J. parents not uniformly accepting of public school uniform expansion
(N.J./State)

... Uniformity of Dress policy that expands the wearing of khaki bottoms with solid red, black or white tops to sixth- through eighth-graders and removes the philosophical opt-out clause those parents opposed ...

18. Christie’s critics are not being straight with us on the N.J. Supreme Court appointment issue
(Opinion/Commentary)

... opposed. So the expiration of his term provides the governor with the first opportunity to honor his campaign promise. If he were to capitulate and reappoint Wallace, he would bring himself into disgrace ...

19. Latinos troubled by Obama sending troops to U.S.-Mexico border
(U.S./Nation)

... and largest Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States, is firmly opposed to President Obama's announcement that he is sending 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. "As ...

20. scared enough already
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I do not have issue with most of the contents of the law. I agree that young drivers need some guidelines regarding safety. I am strongly opposed, however, to the decal enforcement. As most parents, ...