Kevin McArdle

New Jersey State Treasurer Andrew Eristoff is testifying before the Assembly Budget Committee today in Trenton. Members are asking a wide range of questions including how the state’s pension system for public employees is doing. The system is still vastly under-funded, but Eristoff is still upbeat.

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The Garden State has some odd laws on the books right now and while some other states may have the same or similar statutes, it’s probably okay to look at them at say, “Only in New Jersey,” for comedic value if nothing else. Monday the full General Assembly will vote to eliminate some of these antiquated laws.

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In the wake of the basketball program scandal, Rutgers forked over a combined total of $2.1 million to fired coach Mike Rice, and Athletic Director Tim Pernetti and University Attorney John Wolf, both of whom resigned.

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A disturbing number of New Jersey residents are worried that they or someone close to them will be a victim of a terrorist attack in the wake of the domestic terrorism we all saw at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed members to approve what is being called a historic bridge construction program at today’s Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners meeting.

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County party committee fundraising has declined significantly from 2009, the last time gubernatorial and legislative candidates both faced reelection. The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC) has issued a report today saying together, Democratic and Republican county organizations raised just under $1 million, a 29 percent decrease from four years before.

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A new Quinnipiac University survey released this morning shows more New Jersey voters give their junior U.S. Senator high marks.

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His popularity is still off the charts, particularly for a Republican Governor in New Jersey and a comfortable majority of Garden State voters think Chris Christie deserves to be re-elected.

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Including health benefits, pensions and some other perks, Rutgers University paid out a combined total of almost $2.1 million to athletic director Tim Pernetti, lawyer John B. Wolf (resigned) and basketball coach Mike Rice (fired).

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A pair of Assembly members plans to submit more than 1,500 signatures they gathered in opposition to a Jersey Central Power and Light rate increase request.

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