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The new State Legislature in New Jersey won't be sworn in until Jan. 14 and that means that theoretically more bills can be passed before then, but it also appears many important measures will die. The list includes several bills that could lower property taxes.

Roughly 250,000 Garden State residents earning minimum wage will be getting a $1 pay increase beginning tomorrow.

Until New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie makes an official announcement about his future political plans, analysts say everything the Republican does will be viewed through the prism of a possible 2016 presidential run.

A measure recently advanced by committees in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature would hike the minimum amount of funding devoted to the state's arts, historical and tourism organizations.

In New Jersey he's "the boss," but were you aware that Gov. Chris Christie has a second job?

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2014, signed by President Barack Obama on Thursday, includes sweeping provisions dealing with sexual assaults in the military, paves the way for the eventual closure of Guantanamo Bay, and also contains a suicide prevention measure named after a New Jersey reservist.

New Jersey legislators at the federal and state level want answers on the Target security breach that affected 40 million credit and debit card users.

State Sen. Jim Beach thinks so. He's sponsoring a bill to establish a pilot program to train veterans and put them in school security positions.

With only a few days left until the new year, Gov. Chris Christie thinks New Jersey is closing out 2013 in fine financial form.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is again speaking out about "Bridgegate," the name adopted to describe lane closures that caused massive traffic tie-ups leading to the George Washington Bridge in September.