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1. Gay marriage debate continues in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... anti-gay marriage tour is covering many of the key battleground states in what proponents say is ongoing to preserve marriage as one man and one woman. Among the anti-gay marriage proponents were Trenton ...

2. Christie commission should remember why NJN was created before making recommendation
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Sweeney's first act as N.J. Senate President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party Carl Golden: Christie must usher in a new era of lowered desires, not lowered expectations for New ...

3. What’s the deal with the N.J. homebuyer tax credit?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... program this week, Christie said he likes the idea, but will only sign it if he can figure out where the money is coming from. Proponents of the bill say it will spur construction and create jobs, which ...

4. A presidential lesson on finding common ground on abortion
(Life/Style)

... Melody Barnes remarked that the purpose of the Pregnancy Assistance Fund was to reduce the rates of abortion and create areas of common ground between its opponents and proponents. She said that the Fund ...

5. N.J. property tax cap compromise was a defining moment for Gov. Christie
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and N.J. Tiger Woods foolishly following lawyer/agent PR playbook Sweeney's first act as N.J. Senate President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party Carl Golden: Christie must usher ...

6. Scare tactics like Assemblyman Webber's are to sex education what American appetites are to apple pie
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  But I wouldn't have dared challenge the speaker, and neither did any of my fellow board members. Scare tactics, ironically, intimidate proponents as well as opponents of sex education, especially in ...

7. Senate restores $7.5M for N.J. women's health and family planning to state budget
(Health/Healthquest)

... it and send it to Christie for consideration. Should the governor veto the measure, proponents expressed the hope the Assembly would attempt to override it. "The people of New Jersey have a right ...

8. N.J. medical marijuana delayed by state Senate
(Health/Healthquest)

... medical marijuana bill, or as it is officially known, the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. Proponents had hoped to see the law go into effect Thursday, the beginning of the state government's ...

9. Gutting N.J. civil service rights would open state to ravages of patronage and corruption
(Opinion/Commentary)

... calling for the demise of civil service claim it is a costly antique and that its elimination will save money. Yet there are no facts or figures to support these assertions. Nor do proponents account for ...

10. Politics carefully taking over N.J. budget drama
(Opinion/Commentary)

... President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party Carl Golden: Christie must usher in a new era of lowered desires, not lowered expectations for New Jerseyans If the government can't handle ...

11. Pro-affordable housing groups want legislation that produces homes near jobs, transit
(N.J./State)

... Local Government Committee at 10 a.m.. Thursday at the Statehouse Annex in Trenton. The measure would abolish COAH and give cities and towns may power to decide their affordable housing needs. Proponents ...

12. N.J. has its own dangerous projects that could lead to environmental disasters
(Opinion/Commentary)

... baby, burn." The second bad idea is to build a coal power plant in Linden. Proponents say air pollution problems will be avoided by storing most of the plant's carbon dioxide gasses about 6,000 feet ...

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

... by the majority of affordable housing organization, moves to the Assembly for consideration. Proponents of the measure want to see it approved and sent to Gov. Chris Christie before the Legislature recesses ...

14. Obama was ill-served by advisers in Sestak controversy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party Carl Golden: Christie must usher in a new era of lowered desires, not lowered expectations for New Jerseyans If the government can't handle ...

15. Nice article
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... does not, in fact, exist in extrajudicial resolutions. Proponents of having new resolution authority outside of the bankruptcy code conveniently overlook the enormous losses incurred by senior unsecured ...

16. Sweeney, Democrats abandoning N.J. public employees
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Sweeney's first act as N.J. Senate President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party Carl Golden: Christie must usher in a new era of lowered desires, not lowered expectations for New Jerseyans ...

17. Supreme Court is the last place N.J. same-sex marriage issue should be decided
(Opinion/Commentary)

... proponents to grasp the "will of the people" in the Garden State is confounding. The New Jersey Constitution states, "All political power is inherent in the people." In early January, "the people," ...

18. Meadowlands Super Bowl the worst-kept secret in sports
(Sports/Professional)

... team, the 49ers, or two, the 49ers and Oakland Raiders, or even if 49ers owner John York has the money to actually fund this nearly billion dollar building but proponents should be pointing to the Meadowlands ...

19. Meadowlands Stadium to host to 2014 Super Bowl
(Sports/Professional)

... of NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell who described the bid as an "attractive‘' alternative. Proponents, including Gov. Chris Christie and the state Legislature, estimate the weeklong Super Bowl festivities ...

20. N.J. government shutdown is unlikely
(Opinion/Commentary)

... PR playbook Sweeney's first act as N.J. Senate President-elect angers same-sex proponents within own party Carl Golden: Christie must usher in a new era of lowered desires, not lowered expectations ...