Why a cash-strapped GOP deserves as much attention as that high-speed caravan
Chris Christie and his fights, the latest with U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, get attention. So do state troopers as they escort exotic sports cars in a video featuring a high-speed caravan more fit for...
View ArticleChristie budget talk continues, merger negotiations ongoing and more money...
Expect more of the same this Wednesday as the clock runs down on the deadline to pass a balanced budget, and the deadline set by Governor Christie for his university merger plan. Christie has another...
View ArticleChristie returns to New Jersey, continues defending his keynote
The Republican National Convention is finished, Mitt Romney is officially the party’s presidential nominee, and Governor Christie is returning to New Jersey this morning. After several days of speeches...
View ArticleChristie tries out new slogan and hammers Dems on priorities
Governor Christie will be out of the state for the rest of the week, campaigning for Republican candidates eager to capitalize on his national profile. On today’s agenda: a rally and fundraiser for...
View ArticleFirst New Jersey Senate debate tonight
Governor Christie begins a multistate fundraising tour today that will include his first event for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney since the Republican National Convention. Yesterday, he...
View ArticleAssembly tackles health exchanges again today
The Assembly has a voting session scheduled for this afternoon, when the body is expected to take up several major pieces of legislation — including a bill implementing the state health exchange...
View ArticleState revenue $705 million short of projections; Sandy relief bill written in...
The state will need will need “spectacular revenue acceleration” in the second half of the fiscal year to keep the budget balanced, David Rosen, budget analyst for the non-partisan Office of...
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Christie won’t seek state matching funds for primary election
Governor Christie, shown during a State House interview in his office, will not seek state matching funds for his primary election campaign. (TYSON TRISH / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Governor Christie will...
View ArticleN.J. Republican committees outpace Democrats in 2012 fundraising, spending
The three major Republican committees far outpaced the Democratic committees in money raised and spent last year, according to figures released today by the state Election Law Enforcement Commission....
View ArticleChristie leads opponents in fundraising, receives endorsement of Port...
Governor Christie has a commanding fundraising lead over his best-known Democratic rival, pulling in more than $2 million last year from sources all over the country, including the owner of the Tampa...
View ArticlePassaic County Dems lead county parties in 2012 fundraising
In an anemic year of fundraising for county political parties, the Passaic County Democratic Committee led the pack, taking in more than $700,000 in donations in 2012, according to a campaign finance...
View ArticleDonations to Republican group raise pay-to-play questions
Big New Jersey-based construction companies, engineering firms, utilities and casinos gave the Republican Governors Association more than $700,000 last year when Governor Christie was its vice...
View ArticleSchroeder still collecting a paycheck; a look at influential GOP group
Columnist Charles Stile takes a look at Assemblyman Robert Schroeder, the Washington Township Republican under indictment on charges of stealing nearly $2 million from people who loaned him money....
View ArticlePoll: Menendez support plummets, voters want higher minimum wage
The Assembly is meeting today to consider a package of new gun control legislation being pushed by Democrats in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings. Several Senate committees will...
View ArticleTotal lobbying expenditurs drop off in 2012
A steep reduction in spending by the state’s largest teachers union in 2012 helped lead to the lowest lobbying expenditures New Jersey has seen in five years, according to a report released today by...
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Christie wants record-breaking win in November
Governor Christie said he not only wants to win in November, he wants a record-breaking victory. (AMY NEWMAN / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER) Governor Christie has set his sights on more than winning a second...
View ArticleEarly voting bill heads to Christie
A measure establishing early voting is just one of a series of bills that the Assembly sent to Governor Christie yesterday. Other legislation the Assembly approved includes a bill that would allow the...
View ArticleNJ Republicans outraising Democrats in early 2013
The six political committees tied to New Jersey’s main political parties raised nearly $1.5 million in the three months three months of 2013, according to a state Election Law Enforcement Commission...
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Buono receives another $100,000 in public funds for governor race
Barbara Buono’s campaign got an infusion of $100,000 through the state’s public financing program today. State Sen. Barbara Buono took in another $102, 526 in public matching funds for her...
View ArticleCounty party committees raising less money this year, state says
Fundraising by county party committees was significantly lower in the first quarter this year than it was four years ago, the state announced today. Democratic and Republican county committees raised a...
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