Fri Aug 26, 2011 at 06:58:00 AM EDT
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| Hey, Blue Jersey, you got your hurricane prep on yet? I do not. That will be my morning. You'll be relieved, I'm sure, to know your governor is off the beach. Take this one seriously, Irene is coming, and she sounds like a real bitch.
This is major: Where's the facebook money going?
Nearly a year after Oprah and the fanfare of Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to Newark schools ACLU-NJ files on behalf of a parents & grandparents group to find out how that donation came about and what the plans for it are.
Well, that happened
DSWright wants you to boycott Star-Ledger. |
| Rosi Efthim :: TGIF News Roundup & Open Thread for Aug. 26, 2011 |
| Awkward Romney Tries on Chris Christie's Persona
What does that mean? Belittling and sarcastic says The Atlantic. (Didn't work).
Christie making Simi Valley appearance
And look at the timing. (Politico)
In New Jersey, Rules Are Changed on Witness IDs
New Jersey Supreme Court, acknowledging a "troubling lack of reliability in eyewitness identifications," issues sweeping new rules making it easier for defendants to challenge such evidence in criminal cases. (NY Times)
NJ decision on witness identification could have broad impact. (Reuters)
North Haledon couple in landmark same-sex family case predict gay marriage coming
The Galluccios have already been through plenty of legal battles to have their family recognized.
Campaigns
Singleton to assume Conners' seat in LD7 in advance of elections, say sources.
LD-39 GOP Charlotte Vandervalk won't run again.
Battle Royale Brewing
In Elizabeth.
Christie weakens the ban on fracking
Bill that would have made NJ the first state to ban "fracking" for natural gas was vetoed today by Gov. Christie, who proposed a 1-year moratorium instead.
Trentonia
Sen. Barbara Buono introduces resolution designed to block the Christie administration's plan to allow businesses, towns & residents to bypass state environmental regulations, the so-called 'waiver rule'.
Lesniak reintroduces internet gambling bill. (Poker News)
State Senate accepts Christie's changes to animal euthanasia bill.
Residential centers for people with developmental disability
Task force bill that would close one or more of NJ's 7 developmentally disabled centers is conditionally vetoed by Gov. Christie.
Christie wants changes in disabilities legislation.
Christie extends lifeline to Vineland center.
What the what?
New York Police Department spies in NJ, investigation finds. |
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