Chris Christie pushes for arbitration changes

By Geoff Mulvihill
Published April 10, 2014 4:00am ET
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Chris Christie pushes for arbitration changes
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie listens to a question from an audience member during a town hall meeting at Winston Churchill Elementary School, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Fairfield, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | Julio Cortez

FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie is trying to build pressure on lawmakers to re-adopt a cap on raises for police and firefighters that arbitrators can award.

A 2 percent limit expired last week and Christie and the state Assembly are at loggerheads over how to replace it. Christie took his position to the public Wednesday in a town hall meeting in Fairfield.

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