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NEW BRUNSWICK -- A ballot initiative to divide New Brunswick into wards for city council elections has failed by a narrow margin, unofficial results show, with 50.8% voters against and 49.2% in favor. The issue pitted City Hall against a well-organized grassroots political group in the most vicious political fight in New Brunswick in more than three decades. The final... Full story »

  It took only two days for Gov.-elect Chris Christie to sell out. In an interview with The Star-Ledger that appeared in Friday’s editions, Christie put out a plea for Bruce Springsteen to play at the inauguration. He sounded like Marcia Brady pleading with Davy Jones to play at her school dance. "I’m not beneath begging," Christie said. That’s... Full story »

MIDDLETOWN -- New Jersey Gov.-elect Chris Christie spent much of the last year speaking about why his approach would be best for businesses in the state. Now it's his turn to listen. With his Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Christie sat down with business owners here today and asked what they felt he needed to do first to streamline taxes and... Full story »

TRENTON -- Lawyers for seven state troopers disciplined in a sex scandal argued in a hearing today that the administrative charges should be dismissed, saying the Attorney General’s office withheld critical evidence. The troopers were originally accused of sexually assaulting a Rider University student almost two years ago. Although they were never charged, the troopers were suspended without pay last... Full story »

MONTCLAIR -- One New Jersey charity will cash in on a state lawmaker's plan to have residents collect his campaign signs. Assemblyman Thomas Giblin (D-Essex) said today that he will donate 10 cents to Eva's Village -- a Paterson-based, nonprofit social services agency that helps needy residents -- for every lawn sign from this year's election that's brought to... Full story »

TOMS RIVER -- After spending the first two days touring Democratic communities following his victory Tuesday, Republican Gov.-elect Chris Christie met with mayors from conservative Ocean County today to hear them vent about eight years of indifference from governors they said denied them financial aid and access. Christie listened as mayors from Brick, Jackson, Toms River, Lakewood, Little Egg Harbor... Full story »

Aretha Hill-Forte has seen some of the worst symptoms of breast cancer at her free clinic, which screens more patients than almost any hospital in the state. She sees women without health insurance who have put off mammograms until their tumors grew to the size of a fist, protruding into clothes. Their skin, now infected, has turned orange, and... Full story »

NEW BRUNSWICK -- A New Brunswick grassroots political group led by college students and recent graduates pulled off the most serious threat to New Brunswick’s city hall in decades, all on a shoe-string budget, according to preliminary campaign financing reports. At issue is whether the city should be divided into wards for city council elections. The city-backed "no" campaign racked... Full story »

It was Macbeth who spoke wearily of life as "a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing." But it might as well be your average political pundit plucking meager meaning from Tuesday’s off-year elections. National Public Radio reported the results "are being watched by national politicians as a referendum on President Obama and his... Full story »

  Richard Codey, soon to be kicked to the curb as Senate president, wants the world to know: He’s still got plenty of juice. Just ask the White House. The day after the election, Codey said that Gov. Jon Corzine, so despondent about dismal approval ratings and a car-wreck of a campaign he couldn’t pull from a ditch, almost... Full story »

In first post-election interview, Republican details campaign, governing priorities Full story »

A former newspaper reporter has been named deputy director of the state Election Law Enforcement Commission, an official with the agency said today. Joseph W. Donohue of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, will begin his new position on Monday. “Joe Donohue brings to this position a wealth of experience in campaign finance issues and a reputation for fairness that... Full story »

A former Trenton lobbyist, ordered by a court to avoid contact with state Democratic chairman and Assemblyman Joseph Cryan and his family, wants her guilty plea in that case withdrawn, because she claims she was not a stalker but rather had a three-year-long affair with Cryan. Karen Golding, 40, of West Orange, whose sentencing is pending in the case, also... Full story »

'These cuts will be tough but necessary choices that need to be addressed now.' Full story »

Judges cite Supreme Court decision which said voter approval not needed for out-of-state loans Full story »