Christie Signs Law Enacting Tight Restrictions On Tanning For Teens
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a new law barring anyone under the age of 17 from using tanning beds.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed a new law barring anyone under the age of 17 from using tanning beds.
Before the sequester took effect on March 1, President Barack Obama and other administration officials warned that the cuts could mean canceled flights, longer security lines and other hassles. But South Jersey Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), who is the chairman of the House Aviation subcommittee, said that hasn't come to bear.
Last month, Quinn announced city lawmakers had reached a deal to install an inspector general to monitor the nation's biggest police department following criticism over the NYPD's stop and frisk policy and widespread surveillance of Muslims.
At the end of a week in which the U.S. Supreme Court considered two landmark cases, Timothy Cardinal Dolan said in interviews this Easter Sunday that gay and lesbian couples have a right to "happiness" and "friendship," but not marriage.
A new executive director of the New Jersey chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has taken up a new push to legalize gay marriage.
Israel said under the current rules, many terminally ill patients will not receive the benefits before they die.
Good-government groups slammed the New York State Legislature on Wednesday for what one senator called "vampire voting" -- dead-of-night votes to revive taxes that were supposed to die -- to build much of the new $135 billion budget.
A bill creating a new lottery for bear hunting licenses cleared a key Connecticut legislative committee Wednesday, despite some objections about whether such hunting is appropriate.
Bloomberg said he has no intention of announcing who he's backing, leaving the door open to possibly change his mind before November.
City Council Speaker and Democratic mayoral candidate Christine Quinn announced last week that city lawmakers had reached a deal to install an inspector general to monitor the department.
Tuesday will mark the moment thousands of couples across the Tri-State Area and the entire nation have been waiting for. The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on two cases that could define what marriage is.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't understand why people just don't think before they tweet.
Some critics are not happy that the proposed New York State budget cuts funding for cancer screenings and teen smoking prevention programs, but expands spending to help the Buffalo Bills and Hollywood.
Under the current law, drivers who talk on a cellphone while driving without a hands-free device face a $100 fine. That penalty would be bumped up to $150.
The demonstration comes as the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on two cases this week.
