1. Sen. Rand Paul’s SOTU Tea Party Response: ‘Military Spending Not Immune To Waste And Fraud’
(U.S./Nation)

... that military spending is not immune to waste and fraud,” said Sen. Paul (Yahoo News) On immigration, Sen. Paul seemed to finally understand that this is a vast demographic the Republicans ...

2. As Obama Calls for Immigration Reform, Rutgers Expert Explains the Challenges
(U.S./Nation)

Rutgers Today asked Anastasia Mann, an assistant research professor and director of the Program on Immigration and Democracy at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, to help sort out ...

3. Sweeping Gun Violence Prevention Package to be Considered by N.J. Assembly Panel
(Life/Style)

The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee will meet at 10 a.m. on Feb. 13 to consider more than 20 bills reforming weapons and ammunition sales, improving mental health services, enhancing gun safety, ...

4. Jersey Lawmakers Roll up Their Sleeves: Assembly Democrats List Agenda
(N.J./State)

Legislation to reform how the state’s red light cameras operate, bring early voting to New Jersey, extend an Assembly committee’s subpoena power over the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, support ...

5. Early Teacher Evaluation Pilot Sees Mixed Results
(N.J./State)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The first year of the Education Department’s pilot program to evaluate teachers has brought mixed results. Every New Jersey school district will be required to have ...

6. Gov. Christie's Press Shop Fights Back, Responds to Controversial Debris Removal Contracting
(N.J./State)

BY KEVIN ROBERTS COMMENTARY Sweeney, Dems Go The Old Way of Trenton Political Games and Sideshows. They just couldn’t help themselves. Standing on the shoulders of nothing but sensationalism and ...

7. My Impressions of Cuba ... Up Close and Personal
(World/International)

... their families. Upon landing, we went through immigration control. We handed one-half of our visa to the agent and had our picture taken. The other half would be surrendered when we would leave the country ...

8. Ed Koch: Former New York City Mayor Had Roots in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

BY ADELE SAMMARCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM “How am I doin’?” That’s the trademark question Ed Koch made famous during his three terms as Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Edward Irving Koch, ...

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

BY ANN VARDEMAN SPECIAL TO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) members protested the annual NJ Chamber of Commerce’s “Walk to Washington” today. The protest was held at Newark Penn ...

10. In New Jersey, Poor and Middle-Income Families Pay Greater Share of State & Local Taxes Than the Wealthy
(N.J./State)

BY JON WHITEN SPECIAL TO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Like most state tax systems, New Jersey takes a larger share from middle- and low-income families than from wealthy families, according to the fourth ...

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

BY ADELE SAMMARCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM For more than a year, Governor Chris Christie has been trying to abolish the independent Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and transfer its duties to his ...

12. Will Stricter Gun Control Measures Reduce the Number of Shootings?
(N.J./State)

BY ADELE SAMMARCO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A little more than a month after the horrific Sandy Hook school shooting that sent shock-waves from Newtown, Connecticut to across the globe, President Obama ...

13. Tax Filing Headaches: IRS Code Longer Than 'War and Peace'
(Money/Economy)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM You know our friends at the Internal Revenue Service are overdoing it when even the National Taxpayer Advocate finds the nation’s tax laws confusing. In her 2012 ...

14. Christie's State of the State Address: Did it Pack a Wallop?
(N.J./State)

BY GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE TEXT OF THE STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS JAN. 8, 2013 Lt. Governor Guadagno, Madam Speaker, Mr. President, members of the Legislature, fellow New Jerseyans. Since George ...

15. Christie's Campaign Coup: Quietly Raising Over $2.1 Million in 36 Days
(N.J./State)

Governor Chris Christie's campaign raised over $2.1 million since its launch on November 26, 2012. In just 36 days without a single event and in the midst of the holiday season, contributors donated an ...

16. Can Athletes use Their unique Platform to Inspire both Social and Political Change?
(Sports/Professional)

BY JOE FAVORITO NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ON N.J. SPORTS MARKETING The horrific incident in Newtown, Conn., has had an effect on people that comes close to, if not surpasses, the feelings around the ...

17. Sexual Orientation Change = Lifetime Alimony?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

My husband's ex-wife left their marriage when she came out of the closet as a lesbian and was rewarded with lifetime alimony (Case No: 05-DR-013627 13th Judicial Court in Hillsborough County, State of ...

18. Sexual Orientation Change = Lifetime Alimony?
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My husband's ex-wife left their marriage when she came out of the closet as a lesbian and was rewarded with lifetime alimony (Case No: 05-DR-013627 13th Judicial Court in Hillsborough County, State of ...

19. Alimony Reform
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Please support elimination of lifetime alimony. Elvina and Lee Kallett of St. Pete Beach, FL - Pays lifetime alimony to woman unable to remarry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l523XAgv_vc Lee ...

20. Alimony Reform-Eliminate Lifetime awards
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The alimony guidelines and laws currently in effect are unfair and outdated at best and in many cases punitive to the payer. In addition to its archaic and outdated nature, the current law is profoundly ...