New Jersey

New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg Dead at Age 89

6.3.13 at 4:08pm by Kris Venezia, Associated Press

New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg has died at age 89 of a viral pneumonia.

Historic New Jersey Court Gets a Makeover

5.28.13 at 2:39pm by Kris Venezia, Associated Press

A historical basketball court in northern New Jersey is getting an upgrade.

Officials in East Orange announced plans today to renovate the court at Elmwood Park. East Orange City Spokesman Darryl Jeffries said the goal is to rejuvenate the historical court.

"It will be a comprehensive approach to rekindling a grand and glorious basketball tradition as well as to foster very wholesome fitness related activity," said Jeffries.

NJ Steps Up Human Trafficking Laws

5.6.13 at 5:59pm by Associated Press

Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation that tightens New Jersey's human trafficking laws ahead of the 2014 Super Bowl.

Most New Jerseyans say Life is Almost Back to Normal

4.29.13 at 2:55pm by Katie Fisher

Six months after Superstorm Sandy and most New Jerseyans say they're on the way to full recovery.

Christie: Obama 'Kept Every Promise' on Storm Aid

4.29.13 at 8:01am by Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says President Barack Obama "has kept every promise he's made" about helping the state recover from Superstorm Sandy.

Speaking Monday on MSNBC on the 6-month anniversary of the deadly storm, the Republican says presidential politics was the last thing on his mind as he toured storm-devastated areas with the president last fall.

Christie's warm embrace of Obama angered some Republicans, who said it helped tip a close election to the Democrat and away from Mitt Romney, who Christie endorsed.

NJ Residents Still in Limbo 6 Months After Sandy

4.26.13 at 6:00am by Veronica Volk

Six months after Sandy, residents of Ocean County, New Jersey are still living in limbo. Last December, FEMA introduced maps advising people to raise their homes to certain heights based on flood risk, but the maps are controversial. Many residents with bay or lagoon front property are frustrated because these maps hold them to the same costly construction standard as ocean front homes.