A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2019
7min1726
Only New Jersey's starting teacher pay would be higher.
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A.G. GancarskiOctober 7, 2019
Guest AuthorOctober 30, 2018
6min316
The Florida Chamber of Commerce has long advocated for restraint in amending Florida’s Constitution. We believe our constitution should only be amended in rare and extraordinary circumstances. Amendment 3, which would require voter approval of future gambling expansion, meets that threshold. Keep in mind, Florida is creating 1 out of 11 new jobs in America. […]
Paul SeagoSeptember 27, 2016
7min254
Outside of those in Nevada, the people of New Jersey have the most experience with casino gambling. They have seen it rise on the Atlantic City Boardwalk. And they have seen it crumble. So their attitude about gambling expansion is relevant to the ongoing discussion about expanded gambling in Florida. After all, who knows the […]
Associated PressJuly 28, 2016
3min259
Lady Gaga hit the stage at an invitation-only concert Thursday for delegates to the Democratic National Convention, covering classic songs from Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, the Beatles and others. Gaga opened with a jazzy version of Guthrie’s “This Land is Your Land” and then Young’s “Old Man.” She was introduced by Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory […]
Associated PressJuly 13, 2016
12min265
The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions (all times EDT): 1:30 p.m. Indiana Sen. Dan Coats says Donald Trump hasn’t made up his mind about who to select as his running mate. Coats told The Associated Press Wednesday that he spoke with Gov. Mike Pence late Tuesday […]
Guest AuthorMay 8, 20166min227
The next time I get into one of those verbal political brawls that include aging boomers reminiscing about their bucolic lives in a splendid picket-fence of a hometown, I’m hauling out this nugget from Nate Silver: If you want to “get in touch with ‘normal America,’ skip the small towns of your actual or imagined […]
Mitch PerryMarch 16, 2016
3min410
Tuesday night was huge for Hillary Clinton in her spirited contest with Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination: The former secretary of state pulled off a royal flush in taking five states. Yet the Sanders campaign insisted all is well on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday afternoon. Campaign manager Jeff Weaver said […]
Associated PressMarch 3, 2016
6min211
Anyone worried that Republican Gov. Chris Christie was being held hostage by Donald Trump as he stood, seemingly shell-shocked, behind the GOP presidential front-runner on Super Tuesday can rest easy. “No, I wasn’t being held hostage. No, I wasn’t sitting up there thinking, ‘Oh, my God, what have I done?'” Christie said Thursday back home […]
Associated PressDecember 23, 2015
8min208
All the marathon town hall meetings, the bar visits, house parties and time invested in New Hampshire finally seem to be paying off for GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie. Poll after poll show the New Jersey governor making gains in the first-in-the-nation primary state. And his supporters say they feel a palpable surge in excitement […]
Associated PressNovember 27, 2015
3min227
Donald Trump said he couldn’t have been making fun of a reporter’s disability because he doesn’t know the man. Not so, says the reporter. Serge Kovaleski of The New York Times says he has met Trump repeatedly, interviewing him in his office and talking to him at news conferences, when he worked for the New […]