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NJ Rejects Self-Service Gas
For more than 50 years, New Jersey has banned drivers from pumping their own gas. But when Gov. Jon Corzine (D) recently suggested the state test self-service pumps, his office was flooded with complaints.more -
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N.J. Sees Red Despite Rising Revenues
Most states by now have reached the light at the end of this decade's deep budget-crisis tunnel. Sure, the hurricanes knocked the state budgets of Louisiana and Mississippi for a loop, and Michigan is reeling from shrinkage in the U.S. auto industry. But how come New Jersey's budget is still in a bind?more -
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Report: 9 states May Lose Under Bush Plan
Nine states would receive less money from Washington, D.C., if Congress adopts President Bush's 2007 budget proposal, while most others would see modest increases, suggests a new analysis by Federal Funds Information for States, a subscription service for state officials.more -
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New Jersey State of the State Address 2006
TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 10 -- Following is the prepared text of Gov. Richard Codey's 2006 state of the state address: Mr. Speaker ... Madam Chief Justice ... Justices of the Supreme Court ... Members of the Legislature ... Members of the Cabinet ... Senator Lautenberg, soon to be Senator Menendez ... Congressmen Pal
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State AGs Fight Teen Smoking—Onscreen
More than 30 attorneys general are mounting a campaign to add anti-smoking ads to the beginning of films in which actors light up onscreen. The bid to fight teen smoking was prompted by a study that showed a marked increase in smoking among children who watch movie characters puffing away.more- Alaska,
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Va. and N.J. Elect New Governors Today
Election Day sends voters to the polls across nine states. Only Virginia and New Jersey elect governors this year in races being watched for clues to America's partisan mood. The rest of the suspense is over 39 ballot measures in California, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas and Washington, along with a judicial contest in Pennsylvania that got caught up in voter outrage over a legislative pay raise.more -
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New Jersey May Designate New Heir to the Governor
TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey survived more than two centuries without a lieutenant governor's office, but that may change on Nov. 8. Besides electing a new governor, voters will be asked to put an end to New Jersey's unique line of succession that twice this decade has given its Senate president the extra job of acting governor. Forty-two states already have lieutenant governors.more -
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Budget Deadline Looms Large in 10 States
The clock is ticking in 10 states that still have not adopted budgets for the fiscal year that begins July 1, with an eleventh-hour showdown threatening a partial government shutdown in Minnesota. Some - but not all - of those states are expected to wrap up their budget process this week. more
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New Jersey Governor's Race Focuses on Taxes, Spending
New Jersey and Virginia are the only states to elect governors in 2005. In the second of two stories, Stateline.org looks at the personalities and policy issues in campaign to fill the post of New Jersey's Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey (D), who is not running for a full term.more -
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No Clear Favorite Seen in Virginia's Governor's Race
Virginia and New Jersey are the only states to elect governors in 2005. In the first of two stories, Stateline.org looks at the personalities and policy issues in the race to replace Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D), the only governor in the nation limited to one four-year term. Tomorrow's story will focus on New Jersey.more
