New Jersey is among the top of states receiving the most allocated federal funds in fiscal year 2008 based on census numbers, says a study released Tuesday, according to a report by CourierPostOnline.com.

Governor Christie Thursday will create a commission to privatize as many as 2,000 state jobs beginning next January, officials said Wednesday night.

The irony is rich. In many contexts, much of the time, immigrants without proper papers are demonized as men and women — and children — who cause problems for properly documented citizens.

Lobbyists are also being hurt by the economy and politicians' growing sensitivity to ridicule by the public for taking gifts from them.

Police uprooted a multimillion-dollar network of homes used to grow marijuana in the largest bust of pot production in New Jersey history, authorities announced Wednesday.

As then-Gov. Jon Corzine poured millions into his losing re-election bid last year, his party also funneled resources into two outside groups that spent nearly $4 million attacking Republican Chris Christie, reports released Wednesday show.

From small-town school boards to large independent authorities, public entities in New Jersey spent at least $2.1 million to lobby state government in 2009, according to reports released Wednesday.

The governing body of New Jersey high school athletics is proposing a regulation requiring athletes who sustain a concussion to get a certified physician's approval to return to game action.

MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. — Morris County transit officials are scrutinizing bus service and ridership numbers, hoping to create a priority list of routes that should be spared from NJ Transit's cost-cutting plan that would scrap almost the entire Morris Metro intra-county bus system.