1. N.J. to Change How it Investigates Allegations of Abuse and Neglect of Developmentally Disabled
(N.J./State)

... controversy surrounding this issue after meeting with the parents and State legislators and attending Senate and Assembly hearings about the issue. Testimony and documents became available about the ...

2. New Jersey Hot Topics: Blue Laws, Minimum Wage Laws and Gun Control
(Opinion/Commentary)

... fact of life. Government intervention creates distortions and no amount of tacky political rhetoric by legislators or anyone else can alter the fact that free markets allocate resources better than any ...

3. Buono says Gubernatorial Run will Focus on Jobs, Economic recovery
(N.J./State)

... cost. But the episode also illustrated how the wily Christie has regularly outwitted Democratic legislators. There was widespread agreement on the need to exert control over the pension system, which ...

4. Super Bowl Gamble
(Sports/Professional)

... physically present in the state of Nevada. So there you have the reason why Governor Christie and fellow legislators like Frank LoBiondo and Frank Pallone are going head to head with all comers…the ...

5. Super Bowl Gamble
(Sports/Professional)

... physically present in the state of Nevada. So there you have the reason why Governor Christie and fellow legislators like Frank LoBiondo and Frank Pallone are going head to head with all comers…the ...

6. N.J. Citizen Action Protests Corporate Tax Loopholes at Annual Chamber Train Trip to D.C.
(N.J./State)

... "Walk to Washington" is one of N.J.’s premier private political events, attended by legislators, regulators and members of the state’s executive branch. “Every year high paid lobbyists and corporations ...

7. Christie's Fight Against Affordable Housing
(N.J./State)

... next thirty years. Christie explained his veto by telling legislators they should focus on the $300 million in existing federal funds to aid distressed homeowners, "as opposed to the unavailable and, ...

8. "Safety Tax Fund" on Guns Could Fund Security Measures
(U.S./Nation)

... introduced by New Jersey legislators since the Newtown school shootings. NewsWorks reported that others included the creation of a system to track ammunition sales, a requirement that handgun ammunition ...

9. Troubled Jersey Sea Life: Keep Moratorium on Horseshoe Crab Harvest
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... DeVito, understanding the scientific evidence gathered on the near-extinct Red Knot might help our legislators and citizens realize exactly what’s at stake: For 25 years, New Jersey’s Endangered and ...

10. Lottery Privatization Held Up by Party Differences
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The partial privatization of the New Jersey lottery has become a battle among party lines of state legislators. Small business owners fear they could lose revenues ...

11. Politics and How to Bridge Party Lines: The 'Ben Franklin Effect'
(Opinion/Commentary)

... we need the good sense of our fellow voters to get us good legislators. Recognizing that we need one another, and that there’s more to be gained by admitting that than there is by badmouthing each other, ...

12. N.J. Governor's Race: Can Dems Break Christie? Fugetaboutit
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Democratic legislators had also gone on tours of the devastated Shore and were behind rebuilding plans. She then went through a litany of problems that she said Christie had not addressed. She had a ...

13. How a Coal Miner’s Game Became the NFL and the Real Story of How Football Became America’s National Sport
(Sports/Professional)

... players -- white and black together -- succeeded in moving the game to Houston in one of the first civil rights stands in pro football history. It took wheeling and dealing involving legislators from ...

14. From Russia With No Love: Putin Signs Bill Banning Adoptions Into U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... running a media campaign denouncing American reasons for adoptions of Russian children, and alleged that bribery was involved. Some legislators claimed the children were being adopted to be used in organ ...

15. Curb Outsourcing: Jersey Legislators Tackle this Devilish Problem
(N.J./State)

BY JANE WOODRUFF NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM As unemployment in the nation remains high, politicians are always talking about the evils of outsourcing.  Now, lawmakers in New Jersey are trying to address ...

16. Limiting Capacity of Gun Magazines in N.J. will be Addressed
(N.J./State)

... of those weapons, both of those handguns allow high-capacity clips. Sadly, legislators in Connecticut abandoned a proposal last year that would have made it a felony to possess magazines with more than ...

17. Alimony Reform-Eliminate Lifetime awards
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... you know. The public should contact their legislators and voice their support for alimony reform now. ...

18. Alimony Reformers - Persistent and Resilient in New Jersey
(Life/Style)

...  The New Jersey alimony reform movement is focused on educating legislators about the problems with the current laws in an effort to bring the state’s laws in line with societal norms and create equality ...

19. Dick's Sporting Goods, Walmart Take Certain Guns Off Shelves After Shooting
(U.S./Nation)

... and is looking into vast changes in California’s gun laws. A number of other legislators in California like U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein were also looking into gun control laws.  ...

20. Legislators address Toxins at Playgrounds, try to keep Jersey's Playing Fields Safe
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Senator Jennifer Beck (R- Monmouth) today lauded the Senate Environment and Energy Committee for approving legislation of which she is a co-sponsor to limit children’s exposure to toxins at playing fields ...