Assembly also passes bills that would extend the deadlines for candidate filings, county and municipal budgets and responding to public records requests.
Republican Gov. Chris Christie's personal email must be searched — or he must prove that it already has been — to comply with the state's public records law, a judge has ruled.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took into office promising "a new era of accountability and transparency." Yet after he won a second term last year and as he explores a run for president, his administration stands accused of routinely stonewalling even the most basic requests for public records.