>Christie: School changes this year
Gov. Christie said he believed he had a good shot at making significant changes to public schools this year because the Legislature seems to have the political will to vote on proposals that stalled in 2011.
The Republican governor told the Associated Press he might have overreached by expecting the Democratic-controlled Legislature to approve a contentious public worker pension/health benefits overhaul, then take up difficult education issues in a reelection year. He said he realized now the legislators were probably too fatigued politically to do both. (Delli Santi, Associated Press)