1. Is NY-NJ LNG Port a Fracking Trojan Horse?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Is fracking making its way back to the Jersey Shore? It is possible. Although back in February of 2011, Governor Chris Christie vetoed a similar project, this ...

2. Key Points in Barbara Buono’s Economic Plan for New Jersey
(Money/Economy)

... minimum wage. Christie vetoed the plan and has disregarded workers rights by mostly subsidizing corporations. So Buono's plan shifts tax subsidies away from corporations and toward the 95 percent that ...

3. Reasons Not to Raise NJ Minimum Wage
(Money/Economy)

... Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill to increase the wage; recommending a phased-in increase not tied to the Consumer Price Index. Democrats balked and put the question on the general election ballot ...

4. 3 Reasons Bruce Springsteen Not Pulling A Bon Jovi with Chris Christie
(Entertainment/Movies)

... which Christie has vetoed and continues to oppose. 2. Climate Change. Bruce Springsteen is also a fierce advocate of combating climate change and believes that the extra powerful Superstorm Sandy was ...

5. Three Reasons Trenton Not Taking Summer Off
(N.J./State)

... Jersey, reps will need to devise strategies to boost employment ahead of the November elections. 2. Revisiting several bill vetoed by Governor Christie. For example, Christie vetoed several jobs bills ...

6. Three Reasons Why Christie Is Wrong On Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... image he so carefully crafted. Take the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, for example. Christie twice vetoed the bill that sought to get northeast states to agree to reduce carbon emissions, citing ...

7. How Chris Christie Threads Needle on Gay Marriage
(N.J./State)

... been a giant roadblock to New Jersey achieving equality for all.” Back in February of last year, Christie vetoed a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage, saying voters should decide in a ...

8. Christie Supports Traditional Marriage With Veto
(N.J./State)

BY MICHAEL HAYNE  NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  We're well aware of Gov. Christie's opposition to same-sex marriage, but it seems that Christie dislikes speedy weddings too. Gov. Christie vetoed ...

9. Governor Chris Christie's Busy Day
(N.J./State)

...  - Directs hospitals to establish protocols for dispatch and patient transport by specialty care transportation units used for inter-facility transfers BILL VETOED: S-2399/A-3845 (Scutari, Whelan/Greenwald) ...

10. 7 Things Obama and Christie Won't be Talking About
(Opinion/Commentary)

... marketing campaign to highlight the Shore’s resurgence? 6. With Sandy causing many New Jersey residents pain, how come Christie added to their woes when he vetoed increasing the minimum wage? 7. How ...

11. Christie And Snooki Face-Off At The Real Jersey Shore
(Entertainment/Movies)

... fist-pumping, radioactive causalities of combining too much hair spray with tanning beds. One of the Governor's greatest acts was when he vetoed tax credits for the horribly misbegotten MTV series of totally ...

12. Christie Is All That's Stopping Same Sex Marriage In NJ
(Opinion/Commentary)

... have allowed same-sex marriage.But of course the bill was vetoed by Gov. Chris Christie and wants to put civil rights to a vote. “I voted for both of those (civil union bills) and I voted for same-sex ...

13. Christie Vetoes Voting Bill That Would've Helped Minorities
(N.J./State)

... but it seems that Governor Superfleece preventing more than just his waistband from expanding. Christie, who appears to use a veto pen more than a fork, vetoed a bill that would've created an opportunity ...

14. Mega Millions Winning Numbers For $154 Million
(N.J./State)

...  This week Governor Christie vetoed two pieces of legislation regarding the lottery. An Associated Press story on News 12 Long Island reported that Christie vetoed a law that would require legislative ...

15. Bon Jovi Gets Christie to Change His Mind, Sign Good Samaritan Bill
(N.J./State)

... his mind. Christie has signed the Good Samaritan Emergency Response Act, which offers immunity from arrest to those who report drug overdoses. He had vetoed a previous version of the measure. But the ...

16. Gubernatorial Challenger Barbara Buono: 'It's Mind-Boggling Pay Inequity Still Exists'
(N.J./State)

... Jersey, calling it "mind-boggling."  Buono has been on the campaign trail since announcing her run against incumbent Republican Governor Chris Christie, who has vetoed legislation that help ensures ...

17. New N.J. Report on Corporate Subsidies and Job Growth has Advocates Asking, "Where are the Jobs?"
(Money/Economy)

...  "While betting the farm on bad investments like Revel Governor Christie has cut or vetoed programs that might actually provide economic stimulus," said Ann Vardeman, organizer for New Jersey Citizen ...

18. Poll: N.J. Voters Prefer Christie as Governor, Not President
(N.J./State)

... Senate rejected a gay marriage bill. Two years later, the measure passed by 24-16 and cleared the Assembly by 42 to 33, but just last year, Christie vetoed the bill. Had Christie not rejected the measure, ...

19. $22 an Hour! Worker Productivity! Sen. Warren Bemoans Lack of Minimum Wage Increase as New Jersey Quietly Discusses it Behind Closed Doors
(Money/Economy)

... and in fact vetoed such a bill earlier this year. “Today we are having a meeting of a broad cross section of organizations from one end of New Jersey to the other, approximately 60 organizations,” explains ...

20. The Race for Governor: Buono Picks Up Teachers Union Endorsement
(N.J./State)

... not just the 1 percent." Buono, who has been a steadfast supporter of collective bargaining, has voted for a host of issues Christie has vetoed, according to VoteSmart.org, the non-partisan, nonprofit ...