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1. Christie and new Turnpike Authority director moving to clean up agency's spending abuses
(N.J./State)

... 10 collective bargaining contracts at the Turnpike that expire in 2011. This administration will not allow those sorts of abuses to be built into any of them." Drewniak also said, "This is the right ...

2. Legislators want crackdown on free-spending N.J. Turnpike Authority, similar agencies
(N.J./State)

... Donald Norcorss (D-Camden) said his ‘"Government Reality Check Act' would end a host of abuses at public authorities — including ending free E-ZPass for authority employees. "... Today, I asked staff to ...

3. Bills aimed at ending government spending waste and abuse and perks introduced in Legislature
(N.J./State)

Would effect everyone from governor's office to local fire districts A package of legislation aimed at preventing spending and ethics abuses at all levels of government in New Jersey has been introduced ...

4. Philadelphia Inquirer begins next chapter
(U.S./Nation)

... Prizes: one for investigative reporting on attacks by city police dogs and one for public service reporting on police abuses of power. He later served as editor of The Baltimore Sun and as NPR's ombudsman. ...

5. Tyler Clementi: In memoriam
(Life/Style)

... freshmen about potential abuses via the Internet and cell phones. The emphasis is on the fact that anything someone does might be recorded by someone else. Perhaps that is why Tyler wrote this post on ...

6. Legislation introduced to overhaul NJSIAA
(Sports/Professional)

Burzichelli, Oliver, Sweeney sponsoring proposal In the aftermath of a scathing report by the State Commission of Investigation that found over $800,000 questionable spending as well as ethics abuses ...

7. Report: NJSIAA indulged in questionable spending
(Sports/Professional)

... out-of-state trips that often included spouses. In response, the NJSIAA curtailed a number of those abuses and promised across-the-board steps to get its financial house in order. The investigation ...

8. N.J. DEP opens Office of Dispute Resolution
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... environmental laws off the hook. "This was considered one of the biggest abuses at DEP in the Whitman years, allowing companies that deliberately violated environmental law to get away with it,'' Tittel ...

9. Fair or not, N.J. public pension and health benefits have become symbols of excess
(Opinion/Commentary)

... than that offered to public employees. While the Governor has asked for an increase in employee contributions, he has also called for steps to wring abuses out of the system by limiting pension rights ...

10. Sick leave and unused vacation time targeted in Trenton
(N.J./State)

Sen. Sarlo's proposal aimed at ending expensive abuses by public employees A proposal to limit the unused sick-leave payouts and vacation carry-over for all New Jersey public employees was approved by ...

11. "Theft of $152,000 from New Jersey City University"
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... by his nude 12-year old wife will be there to greet you.) But Professor Good is white -- so no child pornography laws appear to be broken. Travel abuses by senior NJCU officials; untaxed "European Study ...

12. N.J. legislators call for statewide offensive against waste and abuse
(N.J./State)

Norcross and Moriarty call it the "Government Reality Check Act'' Two legislators called Thursday for what they described as a statewide offensive against spending and ethics abuses by enacting sweeping ...

13. Past Abuse
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

How about adding the question, "How many times has the accused been violent with you in the past?" -- Just because there isn't a report on prior abuses, does not mean they didn't happen. I say this because ...

14. Prisoner lawsuits rising in N.J. but drop nationally
(N.J./State)

... and The American Civil Liberties Union who said forcing prisoners to pay filing fees along with other obstacles prevents victims of rape, religious rights violations, and other abuses from having their ...

15. Newark police misconduct demonstrates a disturbing pattern and jeopardizes community safety
(Opinion/Commentary)

... openly held accountable for the misconduct, it can deter others from engaging in similar acts. To determine how much police misconduct cases cost Newark, and shed light on the underlying abuses, the ...

16. what are we doing about these abuses?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Let's get moving on these abuses now! I know of some people(union carpenters) that retired,are colleting there pensions,and un-employment.Let's get tough on the people wou knowingly are using and abusing ...

17. Warlords in Afghanistan paid U.S. protection money
(World/International)

... and perhaps others." The report comes on the heels of a two-day hearing in the U.S. Congress by the Commission on Wartime Contracting into abuses — including multiple charges of killings of civilians ...

18. what are we doing about abuses to welfare,social security,disablity programs?
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Anybody in Trenton looking into fraud & misuse of the programs mentioned above? How long before we look into these give aways and see where the monies are actually being spent? Nobody wanting to adress ...

19. budget
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Very well written article. I have to wonder,like many of my friends around this state, when,if ever,will this state look at all the abuses in welfare,social security,disablity,etc. ???! I would like to ...

20. ACLU-NJ celebrates 50 years
(Life/Style)

... police abuses to the ACLU-NJ would refer to in its demands for reform. The New Jersey affiliate also emerged even more progressive than the national ACLU, becoming one of the first state affiliates to ...