Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 08:46:51 AM EDT
Campaign roundup
A new Quinnipiac University poll finds Barack Obama leading John McCain 45-39 in New Jersey.
John McCain is coming to New Jersey for a town hall meeting at Burlington County Community College on Friday.
Dick Zimmer says he's pro-choice, but he has also indicated that he would vote for right-wing judicial nominees who want to overturn Roe v. Wade .
Is immigrant-hating CNN host Lou Dobbs thinking of running for Governor of New Jersey in 2009?
Budget roundup
Governor Corzine balks on state worker benefit cuts .
Immigration
Senator Bob Menendez calls out Immigration and Customs Enforcement for illegally detaining citizens and legal immigrants.
Amtrak
The House overwhelmingly passed an $15 billion Amtrak authorization bill despite a threatened veto from President Bush.
Chris Smith
Hackers in China accessed files on computers belonging to several members of Congress, including Rep. Chris Smith of Hamilton Herndon, Virginia .Joe Ferriero
Joe Ferriero keeps it sleazy in Bergen County.
School administrator golden parachutes
Last year, retiring Hoboken superintendent snuck off with a $600,000 retirement package . Superintendent severance packages have come under sharper scrutiny since the Star Ledger broke the story of outgoing Keansburg School District chief Barbara Trzeszkowski's $750,000 bonus in May.
Newark Schools
Jon Corzine has named Clifford Janey superintendent of Newark City Schools .
Secaucus
A Hudson County civil court jury has slapped Secaucus with a $2.84 million verdict for standing by while a mob of drunken volunteer firefighters harassed a gay couple.
The aftermath of the North Jersey storm
Commuter train service returned to the Montclair-Boonton line yesterday afternoon, but some 60,000 residents in four North Jersey counties were still without power last night.
Racist TV hosts
Bill O'Reilly wonders why students at suburban Pascack Valley High School would send topless pictures of their classmates to each other, because, "This isn't, you know, the inner city; you would think that these kids would have some kind of a value system."
Scott Weingart :: News Roundup and Open Thread for Thursday, June 12, 2008
ADVERTISEMENT
Featured Stories
6304 satisfied users, SoapBlox .
