New Jersey Government News

Years before the national economy collapsed, New Jersey's finances were buckling after years of careless tax increases, irresponsible borrowing and needless spending under Democratic control.

The design isn't changing, but license plates in New Jersey will have a slightly different look come next year.

The New Jersey health authorities on Wednesday reported that in the past week the death toll from the A/H1N1 flu virus had risen to 10 with 130 new cases, bringing the total cases to 1,289 in the state.

An independent candidate for governor of New Jersey said Tuesday that he has raised enough money to qualify for taxpayer matching funds.

TRENTON a ' President Obama might be confident the economy will turn around in the short term, but New Jerseyans are saving more money just in case.

This is not a pretty picture: A happy family from New Jersey is traveling down Interstate 81.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine has named Shawn Sheekey acting administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission.

New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission should consider translating into Spanish a statement given to all drunken-driving suspects.

Central Jersey officials convened Tuesday at a solar energy farm in the borough to highlight a newly released environmental report that states the high cost of burning fossil fuels will balloon in the next two decades due to dependence on oil.

Last Thursday, Jon Corzine rammed a budget through the Legislature that raises taxes, cuts spending for important programs, and employs a host of gimmicks that just push the financial reckoning into the future.

Assembly Republican Budget Officer Joe Malone issued the following statement today in response to Governor Corzine signing the Fiscal Year 2010 budget: "This budget is filled with the same deception, deferral and diversions that have placed New Jersey on the brink of bankruptcy.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine is set to sign a new $29 billion budget into law Monday.

Levittown - Township receives grant for landscaping project. mhayes@phillyBurbs.comEASTAMPTON - The township is moving one step closer to becoming a "sustainable" community.It was awarded a $10,000 Sustainable Jersey grant that will be used for landscaping around the recreation building in Buttonwood Park, a project that will help the township ...

New Jersey transportation officials say they'll postpone repair work on the bridge linking Long Beach Island and the mainland until after the summer vacation season.

An original copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed by Philadelphian John Dunlap on the day it was signed, was an honored guest yesterday at New Jersey's 345th birthday party.

Many homeowners in New Jersey are losing their homestead rebate checks. Swimmers have less time to take a dip in a south Jersey lake.

Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey says honesty may be the best policy in saving South Carolina Gov.

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services recently announced a fifth death of a New Jersey resident with novel H1N1 influenza.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine, in recent days, has nominated a number of Salem County residents to serve on boards and authorities in the state.

Steven Lonegan, former Bogota mayor and a Republican candidate for governor, is senior policy director for the Americans for Prosperity Foundation of New Jersey.