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6/19/2013
Lawyers for Gov. Chris Christie say state laws make it clear the governor has the authority to call a special election to fill a vacancy for U.S. Senate on a different date than his own general election. The lawyers filed a reply brief Tuesday afternoon with the state Supreme Court. Attorneys who sued to have the two elections on Nov. 5 had filed their papers Monday. The state's highest court is reviewing a request that it accept the case as an emergency. There is no word on when the court might rule. An appeals court ruled almost immediately that Christie had the right to set an Aug. 13 primary and Oct. 16 election for the seat held by Sen. ...
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6/19/2013
The Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset - the Reverend and former New Jersey Secretary of State Buster Soaries - says the special U.S. Senate election should be held in November, not October. Soaries is joining a chorus of voices - including a federal voting commission - calling for the October election to be held November fifth, along with the rest of the races, even though a Senate race clearly would trump all 120 legislative races on the ballot, and even the governor's race. The Associated Press obtained a copy of a letter Soaries wrote this week to Governor Christie. In it, he writes that the principles of democracy are not well served ...
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6/19/2013
Democratic lawmakers in the New Jersey Senate say they expect to reach a bipartisan deal on a $32.9 billion state budget by Thursday. That's the day Senate Budget Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo plans to hold a committee hearing on the proposal for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Sarlo says he's confident the Senate, Assembly and governor's office will be able to close the deal. He says budget language still has to be worked out. Final votes on the negotiated budget are expected Monday, six days before the close of the current fiscal year. But those votes could come as early as Thursday. Senator. Anthony Bucco says fellow Republicans would grant an emergency to allow final passage Thursday ...
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6/19/2013
For the second consecutive year,The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick has been named one of the Best Children's Hospital by U.S. News and World Report. Surgeon-in-Chief Dr. Joseph Burron says one of the main reasons why they're ranked so high is because of the hospital's quality care. "The Bristol Myers-Squibb Childrens' Hospital provides value-based medical care. So we provide good care, safe care, with minimal complications, low infection rates, and excellent nursing," says Dr. Burron. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital is one of only a few that's nationally ranked in more than one specialty.
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6/19/2013
Amtrak's president says long-distance trains and some short-haul routes would be jeopardized and service in the busy Northeast corridor might have to be slowed if federal subsidy cuts proposed by a House subcommittee are realized. Iowa Republican Rep. Tom Latham is chairman of the House Appropriations Committee's transportation subcommittee. He proposed a fiscal 2014 transportation budget Tuesday that includes $950 million in operating and capital subsidies for Amtrak, nearly a third less than the railroad received last year. Amtrak's Joseph Boardman says the House has decided the nation should be connected by train service but doesn't want to pay for the money-losing routes to needed to achieve that. He says Amtrak lost $558 million on long-distance service last year ...
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