NJ Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged In November
The state Labor Department says preliminary estimates indicate total nonfarm wage and salary employment grew to 3,881,000.
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The state Labor Department says preliminary estimates indicate total nonfarm wage and salary employment grew to 3,881,000.
Family and friends of 39-year-old John Amendola were stunned to see his home surrounded by investigators.
A young man named Joe Steinfeld looked at the Garden State from a different point of view, one he hoped would be humorous, but not everyone is laughing.
Hunters killed 17 bears on Wednesday and 52 on Tuesday. That compares to 257 during the first day of the hunt on Monday.
The number of kills dropped sharply in the rain with hunters bagging 52 bruins on Tuesday. That's down from 257 on the first day of the hunt Monday.
The state says it has to reduce the black bear population in because there are too many bear-human encounters. However, opponents argue it's about trophies, rugs and politics.
Parts of Sussex, Warren, Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Somerset and Hunterdon Counties will be approved bear hunting grounds. Last year nearly 600 were killed during the hunt.
Hit by the bad economy, reduced state aid and a new two percent cap on property tax collections, most New Jersey towns are cutting back in municipal staffing.
If you're from New Jersey, you may already know about some of these joints, some of which have been featured nationally for their delicious grub.
The state saw 60.7 inches of rain through the end of November. Tuesday's storm helped eclipse the old record of 59.98 inches set in 1996.
An analysis shows the average worker in New Jersey saved about $872, or 22 percent more than the national average because the state has some of the nation's highest paid workers. The cut is determined by income.
Nineteen-year-old Cesar Delacruz-Almonte of Paterson also faces aggravated assault and weapons charges in connection with the early Sunday shooting.
Normally, some 400 drivers handle 18,000 students in Lakewood. But officials reached a compromise after drivers complained about having to work the holiday to fulfill a state mandate to provide busing -- only 200 drivers will be brought in to work on Thursday.
There is a new view of America, and once you see it, you will never think of the U.S. map the samw way again.
A monument like no other has been destroyed in Mendham.
As the Port Authority looks to get its fiscal house back in order, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had a few things to say about the agency's old leadership.
New Jersey voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to elect all 120 members of the state Legislature and decide if they want to allow sports betting in the state.
"If they told you in the beginning it won't be until Friday, then you know it won't be until Friday," Ray Popkin, of Livingston, said.
When Sam Rausa of Middletown, New Jersey was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008, the prognosis wasn't good. Now, he and his son are hitting the pavement together!
New Jersey voters will be asked on the Nov. 8 ballot whether they want to make sports betting legal. It will be the only public question on the ballot this fall, and if pre-election polls are any indication, it should pass.
State lawmakers in both the Assembly and Senate are proposing legislation that would require health firms gain approval from New Jersey's Department of Banking and Insurance before raising rates.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of regular gasoline in New Jersey on Friday was $3.36, up 3 cents from last week.
State police say a northern New Jersey man committed suicide when authorities came to his home this week to arrest him on sex assault charges.
No one in Libya was untouched by the tyranny of now late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, according to Dr. Abubaker Saad.
A new poll shows New Jersey voters are less happy with President Obama's performance in office.
