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*Newark native and former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal visited Governor Chris Christie at the New Jersey Statehouse Friday, and the two men posed for the above photo. Christie posted the picture to his Twitter account shortly after O’Neal left, saying “you know it’s a fun day in Trenton when Shaq stops by for a visit.” [...]
The election is over. President Obama is still the president and all is right with the world. But in Mitt Romney’s camp, there are still those that won’t let it die. They are living in “shoulda woulda coulda” land. Governor Chris Christie lives in and governs New Jersey though and he is steaming mad over [...]
*Besides heaping billions of dollars in damage on New Jersey, super storm Sandy is also the source of some serious political drama in the Garden State as well. Yesterday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford failed to properly encourage residents to evacuate his city in the face of flooding from [...]
*If you’ve paid any attention to Newark, NJ mayor Cory Booker, a democrat, it would come as no surprise to hear that he has his eyes set on running for governor in 2013. And that means going up against the big guy, Republican Chris Christie, the current governor. The word comes courtesy a Democratic county [...]
*New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is defending his decision to have flags lowered to half-staff Saturday for the late singer Whitney Houston amid criticism partly related to her history of substance abuse, reports EW.com. Christie says he rejects the idea the New Jersey native “forfeited the good things that she did in her life” because [...]
*The state of New Jersey is going into a groundbreaking era thanks to the governor. The state’s Supreme Court is taking on two new nominees that will truly diversify the high court for the first time. According to a report from BET.com, Governor Chris Christie nominated Bruce A. Harris, 61, the openly gay African American [...]
*The Republican Party, in all its iterations, held its breath this week in anticipation that New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie, would enter the race for the 2012 Presidential Election. Christie, after taking conservatives to the brink of hope, has decided not to run. So, the search continues to try to find somebody, anybody, that can [...]
*New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will not seek the Republican presidential nomination, people close to the governor say. Christie will announce his plans at a 1 p.m. ET press conference in Trenton, ending weeks of speculation about his presidential ambitions. Read/learn more at WSJ.com.
*First Lady Michelle Obama has stood in the face of criticism from those who say her national campaign against childhood obesity is a scam. Most of the remarks and outrage come from the conservative side, but one Republican governor is saying she’s doing a bang up job. New Jersey’s governor, Chris Christie, has struggled with [...]
*There seems to be an education awareness campaign going on. The last donation given by Oprah’s foundation, the Angel Network, gave $1 million to 6 different schools throughout the country to help continue their developing, but successful schools. The next big donation that will show up on Oprah this Friday is a collaboration between New Jersey’s [...]
*New Jersey’s new Republican Governor Chris Christie last week moved to make his state’s Supreme Court more conservative by ousting the only African American judge on the court. The outgoing Judge John Wallace was a Democrat and Christie replaced him with Anne Patterson – a white Republican. Meanwhile, a coalition of African-American leaders blasted Gov. [...]
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