NEWARK–A third member of a close circle of friends tied together in an investigation spanning across New Jersey, New York and to the Middle East, pleaded guilty Thursday of attempting to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Nader Saadeh, a 20-year-old from Rutherford taken into custody shortly after arriving Jordan last May, admitted in a court… Read the rest of this entry »
Chris Christie sounded an awful like the Republican governor of New Jersey this afternoon when he addressed the NJ Business and Industry Association Public Policy Forum in East Winsdor.
He almost sounds like he’s in 2010 form, ready to fight with the Democratic Legislature and their union patrons.
Christie said he is ready to lead the fight to keep New Jersey affordable “so that our people can get great jobs, raise their families and live the kind lives they want to live in this state. ”
That would be a welcome development.
Cheak out the videos and transcript that his office sent:
Posted: December 8th, 2015 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Christie, News | Tags: Chris Christie, New Jersey | Comments Off on Is Christie coming home?
Senate President Steve Sweeney. file photo by Art Gallagher
TRENTON — State Sen. President Stephen Sweeney introduced legislation Monday that would cement state officials’ promises to fund government workers’ pensions in the New Jersey constitution. Such a constitutional amendment requiring the state to make payments into the public retirement fund was the expected to be the next step after the state Supreme Court this summer… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 8th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey, Stephen Sweeney | Tags: New Jersey, NJ Pension Crisis, Senate President Steve Sweeney | 1 Comment »A family of seven on Monday became the first to arrive for resettlement in New Jersey since Gov. Chris Christie directed state agencies to stop helping Syrian refugees settle here. The international aid group Church World Service confirmed that a Syrian family it is helping arrived late Monday afternoon. So far, the group has received no… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: December 1st, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Barack Obama, Chris Christie, New Jersey, Syria | Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Christie, Church World Service, New Jersey, Syrian refugees, War on terror | Comments Off on Syrian family first to arrive in N.J. since Christie’s ban on state help
WASHINGTON — The White House said Monday it will tell Gov. Chris Christie and other governors how many Syrian refugees are settling in their states. In a letter sent to Christie and obtained by NJ Advance Media, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said the information would be made available to any governor who requests… Read the rest of this entry »
New Jersey government offices had access to the internet restored early Friday afternoon after an outage by provider Verizon put them in the dark all morning. “We’re back up to full operations,” said Chris Santarelli, a spokesman for the N.J. Department of Treasury. The department’s Office of Information Technology expects to receive a report from Verizon… Read the rest of this entry »
All state access to the internet is down, impacting residents’ ability to conduct any business with state government today, according to a spokesman for the N.J. Department of Treasury.” The outage originates with Verizon, the state’s internet provider, said Chris Santarelli, a Treasurry spokesman. The outage was apparent when agencies opened this morning, said a spokeswoman… Read the rest of this entry »
PISCATAWAY — Muslim leaders from around New Jersey gathered at Rutgers University Tuesday morning to issue a statement condemning “on the strongest possible terms the barbaric terrorist attacks on innocent civilians in Paris.” “Islam is against terrorism and does not condone or provide any justification, whatsoever, for such despicable acts,” the statement said. “There is no… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday sent a letter to President Obama saying New Jersey will not accept any Syrian refugees from the war-torn country. In the letter, Christie argued the Obama administration failed to notify the state or coordinate with New Jersey agencies on resettling refugees in the Garden State. Christie, who is running… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — The state Department Environmental Protection approved a plan Monday to expand the New Jersey bear hunt, including the addition of new hunting areas and the use of bows and arrows. The December hunt, which has drawn criticism from environmental groups since its inception, will be permitted this year in all of Hunterdon, Morris and… Read the rest of this entry »
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