N.J. Senators To Fast In Support Of Immigration Reform
Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker are planning to take part in a 24-hour fast in an effort to get the House of Representatives to consider immigration reform legislation.
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Sens. Robert Menendez and Cory Booker are planning to take part in a 24-hour fast in an effort to get the House of Representatives to consider immigration reform legislation.
A month after taking over for Mayor Cory Booker, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in October, Quintana has asserted his independence, moving to fire some of Booker's closest advisers and differentiate himself from his predecessor.
The former council president was sworn in last week to fill the unexpired term of Cory Booker, who was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Gay rights advocates hailed the bipartisan, 64-32 vote as a historic step although it could prove short-lived.
Booker, 44, was sworn in as a U.S. senator at noon Thursday. Vice President Joe Biden conducted the ceremony in the Old Senate Chamber.
Municipal Council President Luis Quintana is widely expected to act as interim mayor after Booker is sworn in as a U.S. senator Thursday.
Booker, a Democrat, was elected last week to complete the 15 months remaining on the term of former Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died in June at age 89.
Besides all the new development in Newark that left U.S. Senator-elect Cory Booker will leave behind, the city's crime problem will also be left for others to tackle.
The state's highest court ruled unanimously Friday to uphold a lower-court order that gay weddings must start Monday and to deny a delay that was sought by Gov. Chris Christie's administration.
A day after winning New Jersey's vacant Senate seat, Booker said he's talking to officials in Washington about when he might be sworn in.
Lautenberg died in June after nearly three decades in the U.S. Senate. Many people would agree that he is owed a debt of gratitude but not everybody agrees that his widow Bonnie should receive $174-thousand, funded by taxpayers.
A massive grassy lot at the corner of Springfield Avenue and Jones Street where high-rise brick housing projects once sat will be transformed into what's billed as Springfield Avenue Marketplace.
Democrat Cory Booker thanked New Jerseyans for coming out to vote Wednesday, as he won the special election to complete the final year of the late U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's term.
Besides asking for votes, both candidates are reminding voters that the special election is on Wednesday, a day when polls usually are not open.
A Monmouth University poll released Monday finds the Newark mayor maintaining a double-digit lead, 52 to 42 percent among likely voters.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez joined Booker on Sunday.
Palin, backed by the tea party, headlined a rally for Republican candidate Steve Lonegan at the New Egypt Speedway. Lonegan faces Newark Mayor and Democratic candidate Cory Booker in Wednesday's election.
The Whole Foods will take up 29,000 square feet on the main floor of the old historic Hahne department store building on Broad Street near the Rutgers Newark campus, the Prudential Center and NJPAC.
The election, to fill the remaining year of the late Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg's term, is Oct. 16.
It has been revealed that Booker has been exchanging tweets with a woman who bares her body at a vegan strip club in Portland, Ore.
Chris Christie may be backing Cory Booker's competitor in their Senate race, but the Newark mayor was being friendly with the governor Wednesday.
A new Quinnipiac University poll finds the race for U.S. Senate in New Jersey has tightened. The special election is scheduled for Oct. 16.
Newark Mayor and New Jersey U.S. Senate candidate Cory Booker announced Monday that he will be resigning from the board of the Web startup company he co-founded, according to a published report.
The U.S. Senate candidate and his wife earned $1 million over three years.
Lonegan announced his lawsuit Friday on the steps of Newark City Hall, WCBS 880's Levon Putney reports.
