Public corruption has long plagued New Jersey. Now it’s certain to come up in the governor’s race. Claire Heininger, Josh Margo and Josh Margolin Newark Star-Ledger A week ago, Gov. Jon Corzine was riding high, beaming onstage as President Obama heartily endorsed his re-election. Yesterday, a grim-faced Corzine stepped to another podium to address a…
Confusion continues to reign over the nation’s policy on marijuana. California lawmakers want to tax the crop. The feds are against legalization. In Fresno County, Calif., federal and local agents in the past 10 days have seized more than $1 billion in marijuana crops and arrested 82 people. By Marc Benjamin The Fresno Bee The…
Well Hollywood, have it. This case has it all — and then some. I nominate Joe Pesci to play one of the small town mayors. By Ted Sherman and Joe Ryan The Newark Star-Ledger NEWARK — The bribes went down in diners, living rooms and parking lots. New Jersey Assemblymen took them, mayors took them,…
As a judge, one of the words you probably don’t want associated with your legacy is “stripper”, or for that matter “fraud”. Unfortunately, for Fla. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Stringer, those words will forever stick with him. By Colleen Jenkins St. Petersburg Times TAMPA – Former appeals Judge Thomas E. Stringer Sr. has agreed to…
