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1. Essex County Undersheriff Kevin Ryan sworn in as N.J. Assemblyman
(N.J./State)

... have seen," Ryan said. "Public safety is also a key component to a healthy economic recovery so I hope to play an active role in helping the state reemerge from this recession on sound footing." Ryan ...

2. Gov. Christie’s tough love has dangerous costs
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY ALBERT COUTINHO COMMENTARY Times are tough. There is no doubt about it. From coast to coast, governments are dealing with the fiscal realities of the recession and its impact on public budgets. ...

3. CHRIS THE MICKEY MOUSEKETEER
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... at how easy it was to fool the voters and now he's spending as much as possible while citizens suffer. Funny Obama campaigned with Corzin and say he would make sure New Jersey got help during the Recession ...

4. Question for the New Year: Is America in decline?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the remarkable growth of China and the anemic recovery of the U.S. from the Great Recession are harbingers of our decline in coming years to second class status. Pundits dourly claim that history shows ...

5. It’s time to put New Jersey back to work
(Opinion/Commentary)

... put the recession in the rear-view mirror. At 9.2 percent, the state has show small improvement, and a marked improvement from last year, when unemployment peaked a 9.9 percent. But count us among those ...

6. N.J. legislator Alex DeCroce apologizes for unemployment remark
(N.J./State)

... health benefits and donates part of his public salary to charity. Oliver said, "Just as it did everywhere, the global recession hit New Jersey hard, impacting people from all walks of life and communities. ...

7. Worries that keep Vanguard Group’s chairman up at night
(Money/Economy)

... beginning of the nasty recession. And yet you managed to bring in more new accounts... McNabb: We sometimes joke that my timing was not great. Jack Brennan started just weeks before a great bull market ...

8. Long range fiscal challenges face the state of New Jersey
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Spending commitments are far greater than the revenue base Sixty-two percent of all revenues come from the income and sales tax. During the current recession the income tax decreased from $12.6 billion ...

9. Credit card debt collectors having documentation problems
(Money/Economy)

... went on a spending spree, largely funded by easy credit card and home equity debt. As a result of the financial meltdown in 2008 and the ensuing loss of jobs and recession, many Americans with credit card ...

10. Downtown Trenton working on a comeback
(N.J./State)

... income due to the socioeconomic disparities and, of course, the recession. People aren't spending like they used to." This view is echoed by some in the real estate community. "They need a more streamlined ...

11. Democrat-sponsored New Jersey job training bill approved by Assembly committee
(N.J./State)

... Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) said. "It's just the kind of program we need to tackle this recession and help workers and businesses alike to jumpstart our economy and move our state forward." The legislation ...

12. Poll finds recession not over to financially struggling New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

Property taxes a killer for families attempting to recover Public officials may have declared the recession over, but New Jersey taxpayers have not. In New Jersey, that financial burden is made even ...

13. Unemployment insurance: A stabilizing lifeline for New Jersey communities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... unemployment benefits this early in a recovery. Following the 1982 recession — during the Reagan administration — federal benefits were continued through the spring of 1985, after unemployment had fallen ...

14. Survey finds business in New Jersey still in recession
(Money/Economy)

Outlook for 2011 mixed BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM While there are indicators that business is improving in New Jersey, nonetheless it remains at recession levels, according to an annual ...

15. Obama’s wage freeze hits 80,311 New Jersey workers
(U.S./Nation)

... spoke at a briefing with White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer. Zients and Pfeiffer said now that the Obama administration sees signs of the recession ending, it is turning its attention to ...

16. Training for unemployed and a tax break for seniors included in 30-bill Democratic legislative package
(N.J./State)

... priority in the coming weeks. “New Jersey residents and businesses have been suffering from the effects of the Great Recession since December, 2007,” DeCroce said. “It is astounding that it has taken ...

17. New Jersey unemployment rate drops to 9.2 percent
(Money/Economy)

... after reaching a high of 10 percent in December at the height of the economic recession. Labor Department officials said private sector employment has stabilized this year when compared to the steep ...

18. Is nuclear power facing a reversal of fortune?
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to the recession, energy efficiencies, and the increasing availability of huge natural gas supplies from previously locked shale sediments. Hydraulic fracturing may threaten future water supplies, but ...

19. N.J. lawmakers attempting to bolster state’s economy
(Money/Economy)

... New Jersey tries to emerge from the economic recession. The legislation would revise the grant program, which awards tax credits against the corporation business tax and various taxes on insurers, most ...

20. More New Jersey schools rank poorly in No Child Left Behind scores
(N.J./State)

... Governor said the move was necessary because of the state budget gap, caused by revenue shortfalls as a result of the Wall Street financial meltdown and subsequent recession. While the state is hopeful ...