Cory Booker is slated to be sworn in as the latest U.S. Senator from New Jersey on Oct. 31. http://nj-ne.ws/q757B

John T. Gregorio, a Democratic icon who served two stints totaling 10 terms as a popular, feisty and colorful mayor of Linden, died today. He was 87.

Should New Jersey voters approve a ballot question asking them whether to raise the minimum wage? http://nj-ne.ws/q6OkF

In the latest national hospital safety report card measuring how well patients are protected from mistakes, infections and injurie, New Jersey ranked ninth with 40 percent of its facilities earning an "A." http://nj-ne.ws/q6NWf

Sharpe James and Cory Booker haven't always seen eye to eye, but the former Newark mayor managed to praise the outgoing mayor on Tuesday night. http://nj-ne.ws/q6Ljc

Gov. Chris Christie and state Senate President Stephen Sweeney stood together on a former industrial site in Woodbridge to trumpet a familiar message this campaign season: Bipartisanship breeds results. http://nj-ne.ws/q6L6I

John T. Gregorio, a Democratic icon who served two stints totaling 10 terms as a popular, feisty and colorful mayor of Linden, died today. He was 87. http://nj-ne.ws/q6SS2

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Should New Jersey voters approve a ballot question asking them whether to raise the minimum wage? http://nj-ne.ws/q6OkF

Sharpe James and Cory Booker haven't always seen eye to eye, but the former Newark mayor managed to praise the outgoing mayor on Tuesday night. http://nj-ne.ws/q6Ljc

JERSEY ATTITUDE? The people of New Jersey, along with most of the Northeast, are seen as temperamental and uninhibited, according to a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

The study measured the personality of each state based on five different traits: Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Do you agree with the study?