New Bridgegate Emails Hint At Cover-Up
More emails released in the Bridgegate scandal engulfing Gov. Chris Christie's administration provide new evidence about a larger circle that covered up the involvement of the governor's staff.In one...
View ArticlePump It Up: Group Calls for Higher NJ Gas Tax
New Jersey needs to raise its gas tax — or risk running out of funding for future road, bridge and transit improvements, according to a nonprofit policy group.In a new report, New Jersey Policy...
View ArticleEver Wonder Why New Jersey Has Such Cheap Gas?
New Jersey’s gas tax is the second lowest in the country after Alaska, and hasn’t gone up since the late ‘80s.But transit advocates says that low, low cost comes with consequences.Most of the gas tax...
View ArticleChristie Talks Foreign Policy At Adelson Gala
Governor Chris Christie is wary of Russia, wishes President Barack Obama acted against Syria and can't imagine allowing Iran to get a nuclear bomb. The presumptive 2016 presidential candidate presented...
View ArticleNJ Budget Diversions Drive Some Green Businesses into the Red
Since taking office, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has diverted more than $1 billion in environmental funds to the state's general fund.Most of that comes from the state's Clean Energy Fund which gets...
View ArticleChristie Counters Pay-To-Play Allegations Against Pension Fund
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is defending the state’s pension investments — and the people in charge of managing them. This comes as some of those transactions attract scrutiny amid pay-to-play...
View ArticleNY, NJ to Collaborate on Anti-Terror Strategies
In a downtown tower overlooking Ground Zero, and flanked by local, state, and transit police officers, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed an agreement to beef up...
View ArticleBig Ticket: Costs to Protect Christie During Travels Up 1,800% Since He Took...
No matter who paid for Chris Christie’s ticket to the Dallas Cowboys vs. Green Bay Packers football game on Sunday, the New Jersey governor ran up the score on taxpayers.The total amount of travel...
View ArticleChristie and Union Disagree on Agreement for Pension Reform
Governor Christie and the state’s largest teachers union have locked horns for years. Now Governor Christie says they’re linking arms to enact further reforms to New Jersey’s underfunded pension and...
View ArticleChristie's Pension Commission Calls for Compromise
The special commission Gov. Chris Christie created to fix the state's ailing pension system has delivered its recommendations.Under the proposal, current retirees would get the benefits they were...
View ArticleNJ Lawmakers Say Christie's Exxon Deal Stinks
This week, the New Jersey State Senate approved two measures designed to push back against a settlement Governor Chris Christie recently proposed to make with Exxon.The state had fought for nearly $9...
View ArticleNJ Teacher's Union Shuts Down Talks with Christie
Tom Moran talks about Governor Chris Christie's brief courtship with the New Jersey Education Association, and the governor's comment yesterday that the union and its legislative supporters are "suing...
View ArticleTwo Indicted in NJ Bridgegate Scandal
After a 16-month-long federal investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closings scandal dubbed "Bridgegate," two indictments have come down.The case stems from a four-day traffic jam at the...
View ArticleOfficials Question Fees Public Pensions Pay to Private Managers
Every year, pension funds in New York and New Jersey spend hundreds of millions of dollars in fees to Wall Street managers in charge of investing their assets.The fees themselves are fairly standard...
View ArticleNJ Offers Tax Breaks to Political Donor
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is offering New Jersey American Water $164 million dollars in tax credits over 10 years to build a new headquarters in Camden. In return, it says the...
View ArticleChristie Signs Budget, Vetoes Tax Hikes
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed off on a $33.8 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1.He also vetoed Democrats' plan to raise taxes on millionaires and corporations. The...
View ArticlePuerto Rico in Debt; Prison Manhunt Prompts FBI Investigation; Stephen Fry
Mayor de Blasio had some choice words for Governor Cuomo, accusing him of "game playing" and acting out of "revenge" rather than public interest. Juan Manuel Benitez discusses the feud between mayor...
View ArticleOfficials Tangle, and Tango, Over Funding for Trans-Hudson Tunnel
A senior Amtrak official says commuters as well as long-distance rail passengers will face even more trouble crossing the Hudson River unless another train tunnel gets built.Stephen Gardner, Amtrak...
View ArticleIn Tunnel Funding Squabble, Schumer Steps In
The day after an Amtrak official warned that July's delays for NJ Transit riders could become the "norm," New York Sen. Charles Schumer told an audience of transportation experts that failing to build...
View ArticleGov. Christie Talks Tunnel with Feds
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the need for a new tunnel under the Hudson River is "one of the most important infrastructure projects in the country right now that's not happening."...
View ArticleOfficials: 'We Can't Delay' New Hudson Tunnel
U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx met with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez to discuss building a new Hudson River rail tunnel. The meeting...
View ArticleChristie and Cuomo Promise $10B Towards Massive Hudson Tunnel
After a summer dominated by delays for NJ Transit riders, the governors of New York and New Jersey are now offering to pay for half the cost of an estimated $20 billion tunnel project under the Hudson...
View ArticleChristie Hits Home With Drug Addiction Story, but Can't Empathize With...
Click above to hear a minute of Frank Greenagel, a professor at the Rutgers School of social work and an addiction and recovery treatment counselor who was appointed to the Governor's Council on...
View ArticleDemocratic Candidates Respond to Paris, Forecast Foreign Policy
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics and policy for WNYC News, recaps the second Democratic debate and each candidates' proposals for foreign policy actions after a string of terrorist attacks...
View ArticleKeeping up With the Candidates in the Face of Breaking News
The recent events in Paris, Colorado Springs, San Bernardino, and elsewhere have prompted 2016 candidates to respond to security issues at home and abroad.Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for politics...
View ArticleChristie Delivers State of the State, Taking Aim at Local and National...
As Chris Christie continues his run for the GOP nomination for president, WNYC and NJPR reporter Matt Katz (the creator of The Christie Tracker) recapped the governor's sixth State of the State...
View ArticleMatt Katz Describes an American Governor (Guess Which One)
Matt Katz, WNYC and New Jersey Public Radio reporter who covers Chris Christie and is the creator of The Christie Tracker and the author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption...
View ArticleAbsentee Christie; Debating Electability; An Astronaut Comes Back to Earth
Coming up on today's show:The New Yorker's Evan Osnos discusses the major talking points in the 2016 presidential race, heading into Super Tuesday.WNYC's Matt Katz on New Jersey Governor Chris...
View ArticleChris Christie’s Trump Endorsement Alienates Allies
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has caused a lot of "shock" and "dismay" in his inner circle and with his political allies after he endorsed Donald Trump as the GOP nominee in the 2016 presidential...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Looming Transit Strikes
Five days before NJ Transit rail workers could go out on strike, Gov. Chris Christie left the state to vacation with his wife to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary."It's not the job of the...
View ArticleBridgegate Co-conspirators Release Delayed
WNYC and NYPR's Matt Katz, author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption (Threshold Editions, 2016), discusses the list of Bridgegate co-conspirators, which was expected to be...
View ArticleTrump Card for Unindicted Bridgegate Co-Conspirators?
WNYC and NYPR's Matt Katz, creator of The Christie Tracker and the author of American Governor: Chris Christie's Bridge to Redemption (Threshold Editions, 2016), and Kurt Flehinger, criminal defense...
View ArticleChristie’s New Plan For the Kids
With Governor Chris Christie's new plan to give each Garden State school district the same amount of state aid, NJ Spotlight’s founding editor John Mooney discusses the proposal, which is aimed at...
View Article#AskTheMayor; The Candidates on Veterans' Issues; Iceland's Soccer Victory
Coming up on today's show:New York City has approved a rent freeze on one-year leases for rent-stabilized units. Mayor Bill de Blasio takes calls and questions from landlords or tenants in...
View ArticleA Raise and a Cut: Christie's New Gas Tax Plan
Nancy Solomon, managing editor for New Jersey Public Radio, discusses Governor Chris Christie's recent plan to secure transportation funding by raising New Jersey's gas tax by 23 cents per gallon,...
View ArticleNew Emails Show Cuomo Was Involved In Containing Bridgegate
Andrea Bernstein, senior editor for Politics & Policy for WNYC News, discussed what we now know about the governor's role in the scandal.Across Hudson, @NYGovCuomo also involved in keeping lid on...
View ArticleThe Latest on Clinton: Tuition, Trump and FBI Testimony
Amy Chozick, national political reporter at The New York Times who covers Hillary Clinton and a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine, discusses the most recent developments in Hillary...
View ArticleJudge Denies Request for Special Prosecutor in Christie Bridge Case
A judge on Friday denied a request for a special prosecutor to be appointed in a criminal misconduct complaint against Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal.State...
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New York Officials Open Doors to Refugees as New Jersey Shuts Them
In front of the Statue of Liberty sits New York, where local and state government are at the forefront of fighting President Trump's efforts to restrict immigration of refugees and would-be political...
View ArticleChristie to Appear in Court Over Bridgegate Complaint
A New Jersey judge says a criminal complaint against Republican Gov. Chris Christie over the George Washington Bridge lane closing scandal in 2013 can go forward.The criminal complaint was brought...
View ArticleChristie Criticizes School Funding in Final Budget Speech
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's popularity might be at an all-time low, but the audience for his final budget presentation speech in Trenton may not have realized it. He used the speech as an...
View ArticleThe Polls Are Open for New Jersey's Gubernatorial Primary
New Jersey voters today will pick their candidates to succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie.Polls for Tuesday's primary are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. The winners will go on to compete in the Nov. 7...
View ArticleNew Jersey's 'Seinfeld Shutdown': Where Things Stand Monday
Updated: 10:28 a.m.Park- and beach-goers in New Jersey beware: You better check to make sure your destination is not owned by the state. Otherwise, you'll be turned away at the entrance by state...
View ArticleNewark Regains Local Control of Schools, 21 Years Later
In 1995 a judge in New Jersey said Newark Public Schools were wrought with “nepotism,” and that mismanagement was to blame for “abysmal” student performance. The state took control of the district in a...
View ArticleSmall New Jersey Town Takes On School Funding Fight
Chesterfield isn't what comes to mind when politicians talk about school children harmed by the state's failure to provide adequate education funding. The 21-square-mile town features acres of lush...
View ArticleNew Jersey Dems Fight One Another Over State Budget
When Republican Gov. Chris Christie was in office, New Jersey's Democratic legislature had a villain to blame when budget talks went sour. Now the seat is held by a Democrat, Gov. Phil Murphy, and his...
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Trump's New Deputy Campaign Manager Was Fired By Chris Christie Over Bridgegate
A central figure in the Bridgegate corruption case has landed a new job: Deputy campaign manager for President Trump's reelection campaign. Bill Stepien rose to prominence running former New Jersey...
View ArticleChris Christie Hospitalized With Coronavirus After Going Maskless at the...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is among those in President Trump's circle who say he's tested positive for COVID-19.In consultation with my doctors, I checked myself into Morristown Medical...
View ArticlePardon me...
Trump pardoned Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, two of his loyal defenders. He also pardoned Jared Kushner's dad. What should we make of the sunset of the Trump administration?On Today's Show:Andrea...
View ArticleRecapping Last Night's Frontrunnerless GOP Debate
How did it change the dynamics of last night's GOP debate that Trump, who's leading in the polls, was not on the stage?On Today's Show:Lisa Lerer, national political correspondent for The New York...
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