NJ Senate Panel OKs Lower Vehicle Fines
The bill reduces the maximum fine for driving without a license, registration or insurance card if the driver can prove he or she was legal at the time of the stop.
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The bill reduces the maximum fine for driving without a license, registration or insurance card if the driver can prove he or she was legal at the time of the stop.
State Senator Ed Meyer is hoping the state of Connecticut will go the way of Westport in ending distribution of plastic bags to shoppers.
When Samir Elbassiouny sees Egyptians fighting for democracy, he fills with pride.
Opponents of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial plan to charge people who drive into key parts of Manhattan during the week condemned the idea at a City Hall gathering Sunday.
In this Eye on New York segment, CBS 2's Marcia Kramer examines the status of New York's education and interviews New York's Deputy Mayor for Education, Dennis Walcott, on just how "painful" the cuts to New York City public schools will be.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo publicly rejected $20,000 raises for 28 State Police top brass in mid-January, "shocked," he said, that the bumps were made quietly in the last days of the Paterson administration as it ordered 900 layoffs.
There was a legitimate feeling of optimism among those who braved the rain and cold after high-profile figures in Egypt's ruling party resigned Saturday.
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. said his measure titled ConTACT Act would help prevent and treat sports-related head injuries and concussions.
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a bill that would give preference to veterans among those seeking affordable or subsidized housing.
Companies such as Megabus and BoltBus offer rides between New York City and Boston for as low as one dollar, but critics complain they clog city streets in Midtown and Chinatown.
The seniors at Mineola High School were not even born in 1993 when Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's husband was murdered on a Long Island Rail Road train.
A call for universal sacrifice is the way Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy characterizes his budget.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie heads to Chicago on Friday in hopes of recruiting businesses to the Garden State.
With her son at the American University in Cairo and no way to communicate with him, Lucy Kourides was beside herself.
Christie has been urging the Democratic-controlled Legislature to reform civil service laws to help municipalities stay under the new 2-percent cap on annual property tax increases.
