Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey, talks about NJ Gov. Chris Christie's speech last night at the Reagan Library. 

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Azi Paybarah, politics reporter for the New York Observer, discusses Governor Cuomo and New York State political dealmaking. Then, John Dankosky, news director at WNPR and host of Where We Live, discusses whether unions and Governor Malloy will be able to agree on a budget. Then, Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey, discusses how the NJN transfer to WNET was allowed by the legislature--and the politics of it.                         

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Mike Kelly, columnist at New Jersey's The Record, runs down Chris Christie's State of the State speech in New Jersey. 

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Lawrence Levy, executive director of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University talks about the Long Island races, and Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey, is watching four key races in New Jersey.  Then Brian Mann, reporter and Adirondack bureau chief for North Country Public Radio reports from the New York State perspective, and John Dankowsky, news director at WNPR and host of Where We Live, discusses Connecticut.   

Mike Kelly, a longtime columnist at The Record of New Jersey, joins the conversation on Bergen County's anecdotal census. He is the author of Color Lines: The Troubled Dreams of Racial Harmony in an American Town. Then, Bergen County Executive Dennis McNerney talks about the policy implications of the changing population, and what the census means for Bergen County.  And Jason Kim, Borough Councilman of Palisades Park and lecturer at Bronx Community College, discusses the Korean American population of Bergen County.

For years Hal Turner hosted a right-wing internet radio show from northern New Jersey that catered to white supremacists and neo-Nazis. For most of that time Turner also received thousands of dollars from the FBI for acting as an informant who spied on the same groups he was broadcasting to. ...

Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record, talks about the case against right-wing blogger and radio host Hal Turner and the FBI connection.

Campaign season comes to a close as New Jersey's next governor gets elected (or re-elected) tomorrow. Brigid Harrison, professor of political science and law at Montclair State University, and Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record, give us a preview of what to expect.

Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record, and Matthew Schuerman, WNYC reporter, provide live updates while on the scene of the ceremony at Ground Zero and discuss the progress of development at that site.

Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey, talks about the uproar over the Libyan leader's plans to pitch his tent in Englewood, NJ when he visits the U.N. next month. Plus, Congressman Steve Rothman(D-NJ 9th) talks about his efforts to prevent Qaddafi's stay in ...

The President is visiting New Brunswick next week. He's visited burger joints, so why not the famed "Grease Trucks" near the Rutgers campus? Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record, previews the visit, and talks about what Obama should eat. Help convince the President to visit ...

Mike Kelly, columnist for The Record and WNYC's Bob Hennelly on the report showing a sizable revenue shortfall in New Jersey for this fiscal year.

Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James has been convicted of fraud. We get the latest on the story from Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey.

Mike Kelly, columnist at The Record of New Jersey, reviews Governor Corzine's budget presentation.

It's coast-to-coast coverage as the votes start rolling in on Tsunami Tuesday. From Illinois: Lynn Sweet, the Washington bureau chief of the Chicago Sun Times. From New York: WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal. From New Jersey: Mike Kelly, a columnist at The Record of New Jersey, and Congressman Scott Garrett. ...

Columnist at The Record of New Jersey Mike Kelly looks at Governor Corzine's opposition to Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan, and examines the work of the New Jersey Civil Union Review Commission, a body created to determine if civil unions provide all the benefits of marriage.