In exchange for almost $1 million in campaign cash and other gifts, former New York State Comptroller Alan Hevesi admitted Thursday that he handed access to $250 million in state retiree funds to a California-based private equity firm.

The president stopping in Edison, New Jersey to promote his small business agenda.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie came to the new Giants-Jets stadium's 50-yard line to lay out the most dramatic public policy shift for the state's gambling industry and Sports Authority since both were created more than 30 years ago. After the state lost the intitial rounds of roulette on the Xanadu mega-mall here, Christie says he may have no choice but to throw more chips on the table.

All of the Democratic contenders for Attorney General support the bill.

There will be layoffs, but not as many as originally planned.

This week Gov. Paterson imposed a June 28 deadline on the legislature to come up with a budget deal.

This Tuesday, most of New Jersey's members of Congress face a primary challenge from within their own party. Close to 50 candidates are vying for the Garden State's 13 House seats.

New Jersey voters head to the polls on Tuesday to determine who gets to run for 13 of the state's House seats in November.

Delegates at the New York State Republican Convention rebuffed Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy in his bid to get on the September Republican primary ballot to challenge former Congressman Rick Lazio.

Former chairs of the New York City Charter Revision Commissions are meeting tonight. They'll offer their insights to the current Charter Revision panel about how best to reform City government.

Police have spoken to the registered owner of the vehicle used as a homemade car bomb in the heart of Times Square, and say they have ruled him out as a suspect in the case.

While Democrats statewide wait for New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to announce whether he plans to run for governor, five Democrats are already hard at work trying to win his current job.

Local school board elections take place in New Jersey tomorrow and this year the governor is paying very close attention.

New York lawmakers are due back in Albany on Wednesday following a Passover and Easter break, and Gov. David Paterson is challenging legislators to come up with budget solutions quickly. The state budget was due April 1.

New Jersey school boards are backing a call from Governor Christie that teachers forgo pay raises.

Voters in Brooklyn have elected David Greenfield, an attorney and former staffer on Joe Lieberman's presidential campaign, to the City Council.

Possible $1.3 billion cut in state aid could lead to 19,000 layoffs.

Across-the-board 10 percent spending cut from a governor who's been in office less than two months.

An independent commission is raising a warning flag about the cost of the city's capital construction campaign.

Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed the New York State Senate for documents relating to community groups that received state money at the request of Senate President Malcolm Smith.