Parents tell senators New Jersey's program is saddling them with crushing debt, and keeping young people from starting off with a fair chance at success.
Christie this week again conditionally vetoed a proposal to make wide-ranging changes to the Port Authority’s accountability, ethics, governance and transparency bylaws,
The Port Authority of NY/NJ is the largest port on the East Coast and the third-largest port in the nation supporting 280,000 jobs. In 2011, the Authority became the only port in the United States to impose a cargo facility charge (CFC) on all waterborne cargo, including on empty containers. State Senator Bob Gordon wants to put a stop to the fees.
A pair of New Jersey Senators say an increase in reported child luring in New Jersey led them to introduce a bill that would set tougher penalties for attempted child abductions. The measure sponsored by Sen. Dick Codey and Sen. Bob Gordon gained the approval of a Senate committee yesterday.
Following one of the nastiest and most expensive races in the Garden state this year, incumbent state Senator Bob Gordon has won re-election - defeating republican challenger John Driscoll, who serves as Bergen County Freeholder Chairman.