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1. N.J. public unions stage Trenton protest in solidarity with Wisconsin workers
(N.J./State)

... outside the Statehouse in Trenton Friday in support of public employees in Wisconsin where the Republican governor wants to take away collective bargaining rights. The protesters, many of them New Jersey ...

2. Gov. Christie says public unions breaking middle class
(N.J./State)

... earlier today on the NBC network’s morning television show circuit. NJ.com Statehouse Bureau reporter Chris Megerian said that on his first appearance with Ann Curry of “The Today Show”, Christie cited ...

3. Unions expect large turnout at Trenton rally Friday in support of Wisconsin public workers
(N.J./State)

Two Wisconsin demonstrators set to address crowd BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The size of a labor rally outside the Statehouse in Trenton Friday in support of the unionized Wisconsin public ...

4. Gov. Christie could channel Andrew Jackson when it comes to dealing with courts
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the Governor and the Legislature be held in contempt? Would the Governor and the Legislature be escorted from the Statehouse in cuffs, hauled off to jail and fined? Would the State Police -an agency ...

5. The Statehouse's greatest day: The visit of Abraham Lincoln
(N.J./State)

... suddenly, there he was — President-elect Abraham Lincoln. Dressed in black from his stove pipe hat to his shoes, the 6-foot, 4-inch Lincoln was riding to the Statehouse in a gleaming black high-wheeled ...

6. N.J. union workers to demonstrate at Statehouse
(N.J./State)

... to Trenton the kind of attention Wisconsin's unionized public workers have been receiving when it holds a noon rally in support of New Jersey public workers at the Statehouse. New Jersey AFL-CIO President ...

7. N.J. Gov. Christie supports Wisconsin Gov. Walker's ‘strong action to balance his budget’
(N.J./State)

... garnered national attention as thousands of demonstrators protest outside the Statehouse in Madison and Democratic legislators have left the state to prevent a quorum that would lead to votes on Walker's ...

8. Gov. Christie angers state Democrats by vetoing 14 economic and job creation bills
(N.J./State)

... as he prepares to unveil his proposed 2011-12 state budget on Tuesday. Christie is expected to face a $10 billion budget gap and will need to work with the Democrats to close it. At a Statehouse press ...

9. Chris Christie tells the truth to America and that’s why many see him as presidential material
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to do is to speak his mind and not worry a lot about who he offends. He did the same thing when he spoke at a Right to Life rally in front of the Statehouse recently and reaffirmed his opposition to abortion. ...

10. Tea Party starting Civil War all over again
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  The Governor wants to dismantle the protections in the Highlands rules which are up for readoption next year. Perilous Tea Party policies are sailing through the Statehouse backed by the Governor and ...

11. N.J. public employee health benefit squeeze proposed
(N.J./State)

...  "Health benefits are a major factor in what drives up property taxes and this plan will finally do something about it," Sweeney said at a Statehouse press conference. "We cannot continue with band aid ...

12. Abraham Lincoln’s visit to N.J. Statehouse to be commemorated
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Two events, one on Thursday, the other next Monday, will be held to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the greatest day in the history of New Jersey's Statehouse, ...

13. Poll: New Jerseyans don’t mind Christie’s presidential aspirations
(N.J./State)

... on the Statehouse steps, Christie became the first New Jersey governor to clearly lay out a pro-life position. Few New Jerseyans took notice. Just 1-in-3 say they heard about the speech, including 6 ...

14. Gov. Christie announces that 70 PVSC employees fired
(N.J./State)

... employees — or 12 percent of the agency's workforce — have been fired. The governor also announced that all spending on contracted lawyers is frozen. In announcing the firings at the Statehouse, Christie, ...

15. N.J.'s U.S. senators, Amtrak find a way for a new commuter rail tunnel to Manhattan
(N.J./State)

... steam ahead with this strong investment in New Jersey and the region. We are on a path to create good-paying jobs and move people and goods more quickly." Speaking to reporters at the Statehouse, Christie ...

16. N.J. Assembly to hear outlook for state budgets
(N.J./State)

... office had no immediate response. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in the Statehouse Annex. Legislation to encourage private corporations to pay for private school scholarships for low-income students ...

17. Tea Party trashing New Jersey with anti-environmental agenda used by Gov. Christie
(Opinion/Commentary)

... them to fruition. New Jersey has become a laboratory for the polluter agenda and as these dangerous Tea Party policies easily make their way through New Jersey's Statehouse with little Democratic opposition, ...

18. Petty’s Run archeological dig on Statehouse grounds named an endangered historic site
(N.J./State)

... to the Statehouse to its list of the most endangered historic sites in the state capital. At the urging of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, the State Capitol Joint Management Commission, the panel that oversees ...

19. Gov. Christie tells Right to Life demonstrators he's pro-life
(N.J./State)

... of New Jersey Right to Life demonstrators who gathered in front of the Statehouse in Trenton to mark the 38th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. The governor ...

20. Gov. Christie is finding a way to reach across the aisle
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to turn the Statehouse upside down. But my sense is that while Chris Christie is just as committed to his agenda as the day he took office, he is aware that it is his accomplishments, and not just his ...