Roberts: N.J. Clean Elections put on shelf by judge

By LISA G. RYAN • Gannett State Bureau • September 3, 2008 TRENTON — Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts said Tuesday that New Jersey won't provide public financing to any legislative candidates in the 2009 election cycle due to an unfavorable federal court ruling on a similar program in another part of the country. A U.S. District Court judge in Arizona ruled late Friday that a key part of Arizona's Clean Elections law... [read full story]