Tag: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

Roadbuilding

Contractors, workers suffering after one month of N.J. transportation project shutdown

One month after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ordered a shutdown of Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) projects due to a funding showdown with the state general assembly, contractors and workers continue to suffer the repercussions. The shutdown affects 900 projects valued at roughly $650 million. Intact projects are those that are funded by the federal […]

August 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

New Jersey DOT commissioner Fox resigns amid controversy

New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Jamie Fox has announced that he wills step down from his position at the end of the month, just one year after being sworn into office and in the middle of accusations of ethics violations. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced the decision last week in a press release that […]

October 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

New Jersey DOT commissioner accused of ethics violations

The commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation has been accused of violating ethics laws last year when he failed to recuse himself from a meeting with a company he lobbied for just a month prior. According to NorthJersey.com, two former State Ethics Commission chiefs said Jamie Fox committed ethics violations by sitting in on […]

October 1, 2015

Business

The RINOs charge: Republicans’ return to the middle signals hope for infrastructure funding

With Chris Christie easily winning his second term as governor of New Jersey and Bradley Byrne winning his first election to the House of Representatives from Alabama’s District 1 yesterday, pundits on the left are hailing the resurgence of what they see as moderate republicans. If this is the beginning of a trend, it may […]

November 6, 2013