Federal budget earmarks -- those well-hidden local pork projects -- generate as much negative public reaction as just about any antic undertaken by our lawmakers. When the public hears horror stories ...

Middlesex County officials were joined by Gov. Phil Murphy for the groundbreaking of a new community sporting venue and student center at Middlesex College, the county's community college, on Jan. 21.

Last fall, angry voters demanded that Congress end pork-barrel politics as usual. Here are the results: Item 1: Last month, the Senate had to choose how to spend $400 million: health insurance for 173 ...