The next general election in the Garden State is in November, when Christie is up for re-election.
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The dueling proposals come in the wake of conflicting news in the Garden State.
As a result the Garden State's expenditures per pupil are the highest in the country.
A. Harry Moore of New Jersey returned to the Garden State in 1937 and won the governorship.
Apparently, the Garden State has a strong viticulture tradition which Professor Westrich documents.
Every town in the Garden State is supposed to build affordable housing for its residents, but not all do.
As Forbes showed in August, five of the top ten cities for public transportation are in the Garden State.
That's a good idea that would give the Garden State the lowest tax rate in the Northeast after New Hampshire.
The Garden State was hit particularly hard by Sandy, leaving millions without electricity and clean water, among them, Knight Capital.
New Jersey has contended the 24 acres should be part of the Garden State, but New York has said no way.
We take risks in all we do in life, from negotiating traffic on the Garden State Parkway to eating sushi from the supermarket.
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That is why New Yorkers are so adamant that Ellis Island should be part of the Empire State rather than the Garden State.
Meanwhile, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stands forlorn, saying that neither he nor the Garden State have any money, even for a hot dog.
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But in recent decades, as New York cleaned up its act, the Garden State experimented with ever higher taxes on income, property and consumption.
The Garden State's new education commissioner, William Librera, is cutting back school testing, claiming that tests stress students and prevent teachers from employing "creative" methods.
Although Gov. Chris Christie (R) has indicated that t ax relief as a top priority in his administration, taxes remain high in the Garden State.
New Jersey is not known as a hot bed of bluegrass music, so the group Railroad Earth is sort of an oddity in the Garden State.
The Garden State Plaza store in New Jersey Uniqlo's first tiptoe back into a U.S. mall after its failed 2005 foray will be an imposing 43, 000 square feet.
Some 46% of the Garden State's roads were rated in poor condition, compared with the national average of 13%, even as the state's spending reached new highs.
This is supposed to be a zombie season for the Nets one last gasp in the Garden State before a soft artisanal opening at the Barc on Flatbush.
Mr Christie is said to be considering opening another gambling venue at the Meadowlands, which appals casino owners and politicians from the southern part of the Garden State.
Yes, the country is in a lot of danger fiscally, but not so much that another term from Christie as Governor of the Garden State would materially change things.
Two years ago, the NFL decided to take a risk and give the Garden State a winter Super Bowl, and as a certain famous song goes, whooah, we're halfway there.
The Garden State has decided to take a bank loan instead of issuing bonds because the later would require more time to raise the necessary amount of cash to pay its bills.
Mr. Christie, a Republican and former federal prosecutor, faces re-election in the Garden State in 2013 and is on every political observer's list of possible candidates for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
Friday, a car traveling south on the Garden State Parkway skidded off the road in Hazlet and ran into a tree, causing a fatal head injury to the rear passenger, said Sgt.
J. (Oct. 31) -- As New Jersey's governor's race goes down to the wire, incumbent Gov. Christie Whitman is running hard, looking for votes on a hectic 97-stop, 10-day bus tour of the Garden State.
While popular in his party, Christie angered some on the right after praising President Barack Obama for the federal response to Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of the Garden State just days before the November election.
In this, the Garden State isn't alone.
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Employees in the Garden State saw a 22% increase in average earnings as well as 45% rate of upward mobility, meaning 45% of the people in the lowest earning 10% moved out of that bracket over the course of 10 years.
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