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1. Bi-partisan panel finds state government can no longer afford operating NJN TV and radio
(N.J./State)

... that drastically reduced state funding for NJN. Besides Gill, Kyrillos and Giblin, members of the task force include: Senators Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May), Sean T. Kean, and Assembly ...

2. Newark hospital's trauma center renamed in honor of late Assemblyman Eric Munoz
(Health/Healthquest)

... Nancy Munoz (R-Union), the late Assemblyman's widow, and members of the Munoz family. The legislation was sponsored by Senators Robert Gordon (D-Bergen), Tom Kean Jr. (R-Essex), Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) ...

3. Several of Christie’s ‘tool kit’ reforms will help N.J. colleges
(Opinion/Commentary)

... to study all three matters, and to add some ideas of its own. One of this trio — worker's compensation reform — recently advanced in the Senate with bi-partisan support including sponsors Teresa Ruiz ...

4. Carmelo Cruz convicted in 2002 New Brunswick murder of his wife, Refugia Ruiz Olmedo
(N.J./State)

... of Refugia Ruiz Olmedo, 36, on Sept. 7, 2002, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan. Cruz's 2005 conviction in the case was overturned on appeal. Olmedo planned to leave her husband, ...

5. Marvin Mosley of Camden sentenced to 11 years in prison on cocaine charge
(N.J./State)

... Salvantini of the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau and Camden Det. Mike Ruiz. – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

6. Legislators on Thursday to hold second hearing on future of NJN TV and radio
(N.J./State)

... Nia H. Gill (D-Essex), Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), Jeff Van Drew (D-Cape May), Sean T. Kean (R-Monmouth) and Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth), and Assembly members Lou Greenwald (D-Camden), Thomas Giblin (D-Essex), ...

7. N.J. state colleges need opportunity to control workers compensation
(Opinion/Commentary)

... is bipartisan, sponsored by Senators Teresa Ruiz and Tom Kean, Jr., and Assemblyman John DiMaio. It passed the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on August 16, and the institutions hope it will ...

8. Christie signs Jaden’s Law to encourage bone marrow donations
(Health/Healthquest)

... in need," said Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), another co-sponsor, said. "By creating a public outreach campaign to underscore the importance of marrow and blood stem cell donations, particularly among ...

9. Christie, in part, blames Washington bureaucrats for loss of $400 million in federal education aid
(N.J./State)

... for fiscal year (2011-)12. So look for ways, we'll work with Senator Ruiz in (the) Senate, and Assemblyman Diegnan in the Assembly, to look for new ways to be inventive and creative to create reforms in ...

10. N.J. Education Commissioner Bret Schundler to tell Senate panel of his priorities
(N.J./State)

... in New Jersey. The meeting will also focus on bill S-2198, a measure sponsored by Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) and Senator Sandra Bolden Cunningham (D-Hudson), which would ...

11. Summit teens caught on video beating man to death
(N.J./State)

... of the senseless beating caught it on video with his cell phone, The Star-Ledger reported. Another witness to the attack, Alex Ruiz, said he was in the Summit Promenade with a bunch of friends when he ...

12. Christie rewrites ‘Race to the Top’ application at last minute to eliminate language NJEA accepted
(N.J./State)

... was signed by Senate Education Committee Chairwoman Teresa Ruiz (D-Newark) and Assembly Education Committee Chairman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex). "It was always presented to us that support ...

13. N.J. Senate panel approves bill to ensure educational stability for children in foster care
(N.J./State)

... Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), a co-sponsor, said. "Hop-scotching from one school to another can have a serious impact on a foster child's ability to grow academically, socially and psychologically. This ...

14. Spring practice: Schiano’s State of Rutgers football
(Sports/Professional)

... will be ready for the summer program in June. De'Antwan Williams will miss the spring with a knee injury. He had surgery and will be ready in the summer program. Fabian Ruiz had Achilles surgery and will ...

15. N.J. legislators look to help foster care children remain in home school districts
(N.J./State)

State risks losing $123 million in funding by not complying with new federal BY ERIC KILLELEA NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Primarily sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale, D-Middlesex, and Teresa Ruiz, ...

16. Gianine Narvaez guilty of absentee ballot fraud while working to elect Sen. Teresa Ruiz
(N.J./State)

... 2007 campaign of state Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), state Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced. Gianine Narvaez, 36, of Belleville, pleaded guilty to absentee ballot fraud and tampering with public ...

17. N.J. bills involving pay equity, adoption and foster care to be considered by Senate
(N.J./State)

... sponsored by Senators Joseph F. Vitale (D-Middlesex), and Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex), would allow children who are put into foster care, or placed in a different foster home to remain in their original school ...

18. can of worms
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

This is not new in newark lets see how far the atty. general is willing to take this. Ruiz & company just played along. Joaquin Caceres is a bigger LEAD TO BIGGER INDICTMENTS. please comment back ...

19. Bill to abolish COAH tops Monday state Senate committee agendas
(N.J./State)

... higher education projects. Newly appointed Education Committee Chairwoman Teresa Ruiz (D-Essex) will convene a hearing at 10 a.m. to hear testimony on educational priorities for the new legislative ...

20. Corzine signs restaurant calorie bill, and 53 others
(N.J./State)

... Ruiz (D-Essex), and in the Assembly by Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), Elease Evans (D-Passaic), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer), and Ruben Ramos (D-Hudson). A4323/S3107 was sponsored in the Assembly ...