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NJ lawmakers advance $46.4B budget, up 15% over last year

By Mike Catalini Jun. 22, 2021 04:53 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey lawmakers advanced Tuesday a record $46.4 billion budget, a 15% increase over last year, boosting the state's public pension...

FILE - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy talks to reporters after voting in Red Bank, N.J., Tuesday, June 8, 2021. New Jersey voters will decide Tuesday, June 8, 2021 who their candidates will be in the fall election for governor and in every seat in the Democrat-led state Legislature. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
Ciattarelli wins GOP nod, setting up contest with Murphy

By Mike Catalini Jun. 08, 2021 07:24 AM EDT

NJ Republicans wrestle with devotion to Trump in primary

By Mike Catalini Jun. 05, 2021 08:18 AM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Republicans will decide Tuesday whether their standard bearer to take on Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will be a strong supporter...

FILE - In this Monday, May 29, 2017, file photo, New Jersey Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who is a Republican candidate in the gubernatorial primary election, speaks to a crowd during a Memorial Day observance, in Bridgewater, N.J. Democratic incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy is on an easy path toward capturing his party’s nomination in the New Jersey primary on June 8, 2021. GOP candidate Ciattarelli is focusing his attacks on Murphy, but he faces competition from candidates embracing Trump. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Murphy gliding in NJ's primary; GOP wrestling with Trump

By Mike Catalini May. 09, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

This July 9, 2018 photo shows the Atlantic City, N.J., beachfront. A report released Wednesday, May 5, 2021, from a state panel recommended rebuilding Atlantic City's Boardwalk, improving the look of its business districts, and embracing the "blue economy" of the ocean to help the seaside gambling resort recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It also suggested money from legalized marijuana sales could help pay for it. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Can pot money rebuild Atlantic City? New Jersey suggests it

By Wayne Parry May. 05, 2021 12:32 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Monday, March 29, the 88th day of 2021. There are 277 days left in the year. Today’s...

Syringes with doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, are shown next to vaccination cards, Saturday, March 13, 2021, on the first day of operations at a mass vaccination site at the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle, which adjoins the field where the NFL football Seattle Seahawks and the MLS soccer Seattle Sounders play their games. The site, which is the largest civilian-run vaccination site in the country, will operate only a few days a week until city and county officials can get more doses of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
'I don’t need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight

By Jill Colvin And Heather Hollingsworth Mar. 16, 2021 12:04 AM EDT

People sit in chairs in an observation area, Saturday, March 13, 2021, after getting shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on the first day of operations at a mass vaccination site at the Lumen Field Events Center in Seattle, which adjoins the field where the NFL football Seattle Seahawks and the MLS soccer Seattle Sounders play their games. The site, which is the largest civilian-run vaccination site in the country, will operate only a few days a week until city and county officials can get more doses of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
'I don’t need the vaccine': GOP worries threaten virus fight

By Jill Colvin And Heather Hollingsworth Mar. 15, 2021 07:13 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 26, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Friday, Feb. 26, the 57th day of 2021. There are 308 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a news conference after witnessing the first coronavirus vaccinations at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark, N.J. The Biden administration should make manufacturing more COVID-19 vaccines its primary focus as it confronts the coronavirus pandemic, Murphy said in an interview, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Murphy proposes $44.8B budget, boosting pension, school aid

By Mike Catalini Feb. 23, 2021 12:49 PM EST

FILE - In this May 24, 2018, file photo, windows are seen boarded up during the renovation of the New Jersey Statehouse, in Trenton, N.J. The $300 million refurbishment that began soon after it was announced by former Gov. Chris Christie in late 2016 was supposed to take four years. In 2018, the completion date was expected to be 2022, and now Gov. Phil Murphy's administration says it'll be January 2023 before the renovation is done. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
NJ Statehouse rehab deadline now 2023, Murphy admin says

By Mike Catalini Jan. 21, 2021 02:47 PM EST

An American flag flies above the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign

By Jill Colvin Jan. 11, 2021 12:52 AM EST

An American flag flies above the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign

By Jill Colvin Jan. 10, 2021 06:26 PM EST

Murphy signs $14B business tax break bill into law

By Mike Catalini Jan. 07, 2021 11:06 AM EST
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law Thursday a bill authorizing over $14 billion in tax credits for businesses. The...

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Dec. 30, 2020 03:48 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 29 The Post and Courier...

FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, stuffed animals resting on the stools at Bischoff's, an ice cream parlor in Teaneck, N.J., serve as a gentle reminder that customers are not allowed to sit down. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
COVID-19, recreational marijuana top New Jersey’s stories

By Shawn Marsh Dec. 24, 2020 07:58 AM EST

New Jersey lawmakers pass multiyear $14B tax break bill

By Mike Catalini Dec. 21, 2020 10:45 AM EST
New Jersey lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly passed legislation authorizing more than $14 billion in tax breaks for businesses. The...

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2020, file photo former Secretary of State John Kerry smiles while speaking at a campaign stop to support Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at the Biden for President Fort Dodge Office in Fort Dodge, Iowa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Biden builds out national security picks with Blinken, Kerry

By Matthew Lee Nov. 23, 2020 11:12 AM EST

Former President Bill Clinton applauds as his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, where she conceded her defeat to Republican Donald Trump after the hard-fought presidential election. President Trump and his allies are harking back to his own transition four years ago to make a false argument that his own presidency was denied a fair chance for a clean launch. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany laid out the case from the White House podium last week and the same idea has been floated by Trump's personal lawyer and his former director of national intelligence. The day after her defeat in 2016, Hillary Clinton conceded. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Trump team making false argument about his 2016 transition

By Jonathan Lemire Nov. 22, 2020 12:13 PM EST

President Donald Trump plays golf at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Biden's 1st Cabinet picks expected Tuesday amid roadblocks

By Alexandra Jaffe Nov. 22, 2020 10:55 AM EST