Morris tourism director lobbies Washington for National Park maintenance

"They're starting to deteriorate, the same way a plaster roof deteriorates when there's a leak in the roof," said Bensley, who lobbied New Jersey's congressional delegation to support the National Park Service Legacy Act. The bipartisan bill would provide money for maintenance that has been underfunded for decades.

Legalizing weed is ‘not a matter of if, but when,’ Booker tells NJ Cannabis Insider

Booker, D-N.J., said he has talked to a number of federal lawmakers of both parties, who come from states that have legalized the drug and are opposed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions' announcement in January that the Justice Department once again would prosecute marijuana cases in states that have legalized the drug. Under President Barack Obama, Justice officials said they would let states enforce their own laws while the federal agency focused on drug cartels, on transporting marijuana into states that have not legalized it, and on making sure legal marijuana businesses are not used as a cover for illegal activities, including selling other drugs.

Republicans send Trump a message: Hands off N.J.’s big military base

WASHINGTON -- Funding for KC-46A refueling tankers at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst would speed up and President Donald Trump would be barred from beginning a new round of base closings under legislation setting defense policy for the 12 months ending Sept. 30, 2018.

17 years after Seton Hall fire, feds to announce campus safety bill

SOUTH ORANGE -- Seventeen years after a fire set in a Seton Hall University dorm killed three students, federal lawmakers from New Jersey will announce legislation intended to improve fire safety on college campuses nationwide. U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez will join Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. and Rep. Donald Payne Jr. on the university's South Orange campus to unveil a competitive grant program to enhance awareness among students, faculty and staff of campus evacuation and response plans.

Congressional panel demands answers on ricin at Anniston’s CDP

A congressional committee that oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency in December wrote the agency's director demanding answers about the mistaken use of a deadly toxin at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston. In that Dec. 23 letter, a copy of which was forwarded to The Star on Tuesday, bipartisan committee leaders ask FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to respond to several questions about the agency's handling and knowledge of the problem that resulted in almost 9,600 civilian firefighters, nurses and emergency medical personnel being exposed to the deadly toxin.

Hillary Clinton recruits Jon Bon Jovi to help her win New Jersey so …

Amber Heard's dire finances revealed: Court documents show she earns $10,000 a month but spends almost $44,000 on 'basic expenses' New photos show Amber Heard with more bruising and a bloody lip following alleged December attack at the hands of Johnny Depp as actress details their 'toxic' marriage Hillary Clinton recruits Jon Bon Jovi to help her win New Jersey so she can claim the nomination before California's polls close Hillary Clinton recruited a 'Jersey giant' to introduce her at a rally in Newark, New Jersey, to shore up support in a state that could technically hand her the Democratic nomination before polls close in California, where rival Bernie Sanders has staked out his turf.