Kevin McArdle has been the State House Correspondent since 2002. He's covered the resignation of former Governor Jim McGreevey, the Governor Dick Codey Administration, the Jon Corzine/Doug Forrester 2005 gubernatorial campaign, the State government shutdown of 2006, the near fatal car crash of former Governor Jon Corzine, the 2009 Jon Corzine/Chris Christie gubernatorial campaign and the Christie Administration to date including acting as pool reporter for Governor Christie has he toured the state (via helicopter and motorcade) in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. McArdle has won multiple Associated Press awards for spot reporting and received the Edward R. Murrow Award in 2008 for coverage of then-Governor Jon Corzine's 800% toll increase proposal.
Kevin McArdle
Can NJ Colleges Be More Affordable? [AUDIO]
Some members of the Assembly Budget Committee are concerned that college in New Jersey is too expensive and graduation rates are too low.
Christie: All Budget Balancing Options on the Table [AUDIO]
Gov. Chris Christie has vowed not to increase taxes, so in order to close the $807 million hole in the current year's budget, deep spending cuts are very likely.
Gov: I’ll Cooperate With Probes…for Now [AUDIO]
The New Jersey legislative committee investigating the Bridgegate scandal will take center stage again next month when it calls four witnesses to testify. Tuesday, Gov. Chris Christie was asked if his office will continue to cooperate with the probe, and he said his administration will play ball -- for the time being.
NJ Offers Child Support Amnesty [AUDIO]
New Jersey is offering a weeklong amnesty to parents who are behind in child support payments.
Would You Be OK with a 24-Cent Gas Tax? [AUDIO]
A liberal Trenton think-tank is proposing an expansion of the state sales tax to have it apply to gas, too.
NJ Can’t Watch All Megan’s Law Offenders [AUDIO]
Dangerous sex offenders registered under Megan's Law are required to notify New Jersey authorities when they move, so that those offenders can be monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Yet there is a variable that the state has never taken into account: What if the sex offender is homeless?
NJ Gets Another Horrible Tax Rating [AUDIO]
California and Minnesota are the only two states with tax systems worse than New Jersey's, in the national Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council's "Business Tax Index 2014: Best to Worst State Tax Systems for Entrepreneurship and Small Business."
Bramnick Objects to Bridgegate Panel Partisanship [AUDIO]
Partisanship on the Democrat-controlled legislative committee investigating Bridgegate is getting worse, according to the top Republican in the Assembly. He said if things don't improve, Republican members of the panel have options -- one of which is to simply walk away.
Poll: NJ Not Sold on Town Consolidation [POLL/AUDIO]
Many experts insist that local governments would run more smoothly and property taxes would be reduced if some neighboring towns merged into one. New Jersey residents are not convinced of either claim, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.
Christie: No Bridgegate Subpoena from US Attorney
Gov. Chris Christie Monday said he has not been subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney investigating Bridgegate and declined to say whether he would testify before the joint legislative committee probing the lane-closing affair that has roiled his administration.