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One year ago today, as Superstorm Sandy was battering New Jersey, teams of licensed architects and professional engineers were standing by ready to volunteer to help with home, business and road inspections.

One of the major complaints New Jersey Democrats have about the nearly $33 billion State budget that passed the Senate and Assembly yesterday is that it does not do enough to help property taxpayers.

The responsibility of fixing New Jersey's overreliance on property taxes could be placed in the hands of everyday New Jersey citizens.

The gun control debate continues to rage on in Trenton as the State Senate House keeps incrementally advancing bills.

Despite staunch opposition from gun rights advocates, the State Senate plans to vote on 14 gun control bills May 13.

Excerpts from Newtown Parents' News Conference in Support of Limiting Ammo Magazine Size (A-1329) from NJ Assembly Democratic Office on Vimeo. Parents of victims of the horrific Newtown school massacre filled Assembly Democratic Leader Lou Greenwald's State House office yesterday and fought back tears as they pleaded for the legislature to pass a bill to impose a 10-bullet limitation on the capaci

The New Jersey Assembly voted on dozens of bills yesterday, but it was the inclusion of one piece of legislation that had Republicans blasting their Democratic colleagues.

The case of the 4-year-old who accidentally shot a 6-year-old in the head in Toms River has stunned the state.

You almost always know, even before a Governor Chris Christie Budget Address is even over, what the Democrats are going to bash him on. Not this year.

As most expected, Governor Chris Christie did not sign a bill which would have increased the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 and would've tied future increases to the rate of inflation every year. Instead, Christie conditionally vetoed the bill and offered what he calls a responsible compromise.