New Jersey Senate Passes Benefits Bill In 24-15 Vote
The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill requiring sharply higher contributions for pensions and health benefits from public workers while suspending unions' ability to bargain over health care.
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The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill requiring sharply higher contributions for pensions and health benefits from public workers while suspending unions' ability to bargain over health care.
Former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell was charged with accepting $10,000 -- through a middleman -- from an undercover government witness posing as a developer.
The death of saxophone player Clarence Clemons ripped a hole in Bruce Springsteen's music and onstage life, taking away a figure who had served him loyally for decades.
Some Democrats are vowing to fight a provision in a proposed health benefits law that would limit New Jersey public workers' access to out-of-state medical care.
A police officer probing the theft of several vehicles from a northern New Jersey auto dealership was injured early Sunday when a stolen pickup truck crashed into his cruiser.
AAA Mid-Atlantic says the average price of regular gasoline on Friday was $3.67, down 3 cents from last week.
The Labor Department said the unemployment rate inched up one-tenth to 9.4 percent because 400 jobs were lost last month.
The debate over gay marriage in New York has inspired at least one New Jersey lawmaker to try again in the Garden State with similar legislation.
A bill passed a week ago by the state Senate was cleared by the Assembly Health Committee. It now needs to be approved by the full Assembly before being delivered to the governor to be signed into law.
A bill requiring 500,000 public workers in New Jersey to shoulder a significantly larger share of the costs for their health care and pension benefits and take the issue off the bargaining table has advanced over staunch objections from organized labor.
Many New Jersey residents often find themselves wondering why construction projects take so long in the Garden State.
An investigation uncovered crooked doctors, rogue Internet sites and web-based applications in New Jersey are stymieing attempts to fight an epidemic of heroin and prescription painkiller abuse.
Federal officials in New Jersey have arrested six suspects in connection with a human smuggling ring that had been running since 2008.
One of the greatest black baseball players of the 1800s no longer lies in anonymity in a New Jersey cemetery. The Negro Leagues Grave Marker project has erected a marble headstone at Frank Grant's grave in East Ridgelawn Cemetery in Clifton.
Parents at a suburban school in New Jersey say the roads around the school are dangerous and they need sidewalks. Some nearby residents, however, responded by saying, "not in our front yard."
Dennis Elwell has pleaded not guilty to charges he accepted $10,000 from a man posing as a developer seeking help with project approvals.
One man who ended his career in Bergen County has ended up starting another one with his wife in Passaic County.
Lisa's daughter Bethany was 5-years-old and consistently sick with fevers, ear infections and colds. Now, she is healthy and helping those who are sick.
As the mercury rose Thursday, temperatures continued their relentless march upward. The sweltering, baking Tri-State area broke some records as the heat wave continued for a second straight day.
About 20 New Jersey Youth Corps student volunteers were working on the cleanup in the scorching heat.
One of the films being featured at this year's Hoboken International Film Festival looks at a dark day in the history of New Jersey and its educational institutions.
You've been hearing this week about how the Valerie Fund puts young cancer patients at ease, but it also does wonders for their parents.
Two of New Jersey's most influential Democrats -- including one of Republican Gov. Chris Christie's harshest critics -- survived hard-fought primary election challenges Tuesday.
Gov. Chris Christie is going green, unveiling an energy master plan that would reduce the Garden State's energy carbon footprint by 22.5 percent in ten years.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he just found out through a newspaper that he supports raising Hudson River tolls by $2.
