Gov. Christie

State parks, including Island Beach State Park and Liberty State Park, are reopening today for the Fourth of July holiday after legislative leaders and the governor reached a deal late Monday night to end the state budget impasse that had shut down state government since July 1. The $34.7 million FY2018 state budget was approved […]

An estimated 30,000 state employees were furloughed today as the state entered Day 3 of a government shutdown ordered by Gov. Chris Christie after the Legislature failed to send the $34.7 billion state budget to his desk by the July 1 constitutional deadline. On Saturday, the governor closed all state parks, including Island Beach State […]