NJ Politics

Sen. Barbara Buono, the presumed Democratic challenger for governor, is expected to announce her pick for party chairman tonight.Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger  ATLANTIC CITY — Defying the party's establishment, Barbara Buono is expected to announce Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell (D-Hudson) as her... Jarrett Renshaw/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jarrettrenshaw/index.html

BURLINGTON — Gov. Chris Christie today defended his starring role in publicly funded tourism ads that Democrats say gives him an unfair advantage in the race for governor. “I’m happy and proud to have me and my family in those... Jenna Portnoy/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jennaportnoy/index.html

Gov. Chris Christie toured the Ventnor home of Miguel Guzman, a chef at the Taj Mahal whose house was flooded with 36 inches of water from Hurricane Sandy and ended up losing all of his possessions Salvador Rizzo/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/srizzo/index.html

Burlington Mayor Jim Fazzone praised the Republican governor for his response to Hurricane Sandy Jenna Portnoy/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jennaportnoy/index.html

Supreme Court Justice Barry Albin urged the public to defend New Jersey's judges and justices from the other branches of government in a veiled swipe at Gov. Chris Christie. Salvador Rizzo/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/srizzo/index.html

State Sen. Barbara Buono is the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge Gov. Chris Christie Jarrett Renshaw/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jarrettrenshaw/index.html

State Sen. Richard Codey said he plans to introduce legislation that would make New Jersey one of the first states in the nation to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products to 21 Brent Johnson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/bdjohnson/index.html

The disclosure comes at least three months after Booker first told The Star-Ledger he would provide the documents, and after years of questions surrounding his travel. David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/dgiambus/index.html

Gubernatorial candidate Sen. Barbara's Buono's pick for chairman, Assemblyman Jason O'Donnell, gets mixed reviews. Jarrett Renshaw/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jarrettrenshaw/index.html

The FBI is investigating whether someone was out to smear U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), according to a report Matt Friedman/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/matt_friedman/index.html

Senate Budget Chariman Paul Sarlo, one of the Democrats who says the state is incorrectly calculating property tax rebates.(Patti Sapone/The Star-Ledger  TRENTON — Some New Jersey Democratic lawmakers are complaining that New Jersey calculates property tax relief rebates based on... The Associated Press http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html

A collection of political news from the Statehouse and around New Jersey Brent Johnson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/bdjohnson/index.html

Gov. Christie has been tenacious in his efforts to divert millions from affordable housing. The court should stop him, once and for all. Star-Ledger Editorial Board http://connect.nj.com/user/njosledit/index.html

View full sizeGov. Chris Christie on Tuesday gave Prince Harry a tour of Sandy's destruction and the state's rebuilding efforts. Today, he held a town hall in Sayreville, another hard-hit community.Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger  SAYREVILLE —Have a party. Pour some wine.... Jenna Portnoy/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jennaportnoy/index.html

Tax collections in April beat Gov. Chris Christie's expectations for a fifth straight month, according to revenue figures released by the state Treasury Department Matt Friedman/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/matt_friedman/index.html

The state will start purchasing the homes of residents in flood-prone areas of Middlesex and Cumberland counties in July with $300 million in federal Sandy aid funding, Gov. Chris Christie announced at a town hall in Sayreville today. Sal Filannino... MaryAnn Spoto/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/mspoto/index.html

Princeton's citizens finance advisory committee has recommended to the council that the state reimbursement and other savings be used to cut the tax rate for the new municipality by 1 percent from the figure currently proposed. Jon Offredo/The Times of Trenton http://connect.nj.com/user/joffredo/index.html

The three take office at a "critical time for public education", according to the union's statement. Jeanette Rundquist/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/jmrundqu/index.html

The justices found the viewing of certain videos by the jurors in the jury room did not warrant a reversal of his conviction. Salvador Rizzo/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/srizzo/index.html

The rate dropped to 8.7 percent in April, according to the latest state jobs report — marking the third straight month the number has fallen Brent Johnson/The Star-Ledger http://connect.nj.com/user/bdjohnson/index.html