NJ Regulators To Vote On Gas Pipeline Through Protected Pinelands Reserve
The plan was narrowly defeated in 2014. But since then, Republican Gov. Chris Christie has replaced several Pinelands commissioners with supporters of the pipeline.
The plan was narrowly defeated in 2014. But since then, Republican Gov. Chris Christie has replaced several Pinelands commissioners with supporters of the pipeline.
After a ProPublica and New York Times investigation into New Jersey’s student loan program, Gov. Chris Christie stayed silent. On Monday, he signed a reform bill ending its most onerous practice.
Last July, an investigation from ProPublica and The New York Times found that New Jersey's student loan agency aggressively sought repayment of loans with already onerous terms, even after some of the recipients had died. The efforts
A bill ending the state loan agency’s practice of seeking repayment from the families of deceased students now heads to Gov. Chris Christie.
The New Jersey Senate voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a bill requiring that the state’s student loan agency forgive the debts of borrowers who die or become permanently disabled. The measure, approved by a 34–0 vote, passed the state assembly last month, and now heads to the desk of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who has 45 days to
Currently, every state in the U.S. is allowed to prosecute juveniles as adults even for non-violent crimes.
In the state of New Jersey, it is becoming more and more common for minors to be tried as adults for crimes like drug trafficking, robbery and homicide. This only happens at the request of a prosecutor, and unfortunately it typically seems to depend on the color of the defendant’s skin. According to Tanasia Kenney of
Some three dozen public school districts in New Jersey had implemented random drug testing for students as of three years ago.
Random drug-testing of middle-schoolers — with penalties — has become a reality for a school district in New Jersey that already does so with high school students. Though the Lacey Township Board of Education program will be
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A 76-year-old man in New Jersey is in critical condition after being shot by the two state troopers responding to the wrong address.
A 76-year-old man in Upper Deerfield Township, Cumberland, New Jersey is in critical condition after being shot by the two state troopers responding to the wrong address.
The man, Gerald Sykes, was sleeping in his house in the 300 block of Centerton Road when dispatchers received a 911 call from a residence shortly before 11:30
New Jersey’s loans carry higher interest rates than similar federal programs, and the loans come with a cudgel that even the most predatory for-profit players cannot wield: the power of the state.
Amid a haze of grief after her son’s murder last year, Marcia DeOliveira-Longinetti faced an endless list of tasks — helping the police