NJ governor says he'll start laying out reforms
WAYNE, N.J.—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced on Tuesday that he would use September to roll out a number of measures - some of them sure to be criticized - that he wants to see the Legislature pass by the end of the year.
He said he'll be addressing government ethics, pensions and benefits for public sector workers, ways to retain and attract businesses to the state and changing the public education system.
Tuesday's preview of his plans came as lawmakers in Trenton convened a hearing to shed more light on the biggest embarrassment so far in the swashbuckling Republican's eight months in office: How the state made an error on a federal application that likely cost the state a $400 million grant.
Christie appeared before a largely friendly crowd at the Packanack Lake Country
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