Kevin O’Dowd, Gov. Chris Christie’s chief of staff, told the New Jersey Legislative Select Committee on Investigation Monday that he “had no prior knowledge of, or played no role in” the decision to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge last September as a means of alleged political retribution.

A review of public records suggests that a $235 million Bayonne land purchase by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 2010 was constructed in order to allow Gov. Chris Christie to push the state's financial concerns onto the bistate agency and at the same time keep a campaign promise to not raise taxes.

A Senate panel voted Thursday to release a bill that would limit employers from conducting criminal background checks on job applicants until after an offer of conditional employment has already been made.

Lauren H. Moore, who has been serving as the interim executive director of the state's Business Action Center, officially got the job Thursday.

Gov. Chris Christie is now maintaining a stable approval rating percent following months of dips earlier this year in the immediate wake of Bridgegate, according to a new Farleigh Dickinson PublicMind Poll released Tuesday.

The Seattle City Council voted to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 on Monday, the latest step in a series of increases that will give it the highest such rate in the nation.