David Wildstein and Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

Senate approves 3-year cooling off period for prosecutors to seek public office

February 22, 2021 10:47 amFebruary 22, 2021 4:31 pm

If Gurbir Grewal wants to run for governor in 2025, he’ll need to leave his post as New Jersey attorney general soon. The New Jersey Senate today approved legislation that would bar prosecutors and the state attorney general from seeking...

Weinberg announces retirement from State Senate

January 13, 2021 2:04 pmJanuary 13, 2021 4:43 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, the liberal lion of the New Jersey Legislature and one of the most consequential men or women to ever serve in the New Jersey Legislature, announced today that she would retire after a political career...

Ruiz, Scutari pull names from marijuana cleanup bill, back up objections from Legislative Black Caucus

January 8, 2021 2:38 pmJanuary 8, 2021 5:49 pm

State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari have removed their names from a bill to clean up the state’s yet-unsigned legal marijuana enabling legislation after objections from the black and Latino legislators, a move that will...

Recounts filed in N.J. local races

November 20, 2020 6:05 pmNovember 21, 2020 12:53 pm

PATERSON Paterson Councilman Bill McKoy filed for a recount Friday evening after final tallies showed him trailing challenger Alex Mendez by just nine votes. Mendez leads McKoy 3,769-3,760, a tenth-of-a-point margin in a race that saw 9,016 votes cast. The...

Ex-Hudson assemblyman is co-conspirator in federal corruption complaint, sources confirm

October 24, 2020 2:33 pmOctober 25, 2020 11:51 pm

A former New Jersey state assemblyman is the alleged co-conspirator in a bribery and kickback scheme involving Newark city councilman Joseph McCallum and real estate investor Malik A. Frederick, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Carmelo Garcia, a Hoboken Democrat...

Supreme Court will announce ruling on Murphy borrowing plan Wednesday

August 11, 2020 5:41 pmAugust 12, 2020 9:05 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court will release their opinion in a challenge to Gov. Phil Murphy’s $10 billion borrowing plan mounted by Republicans at noon tomorrow, a spokesperson for the top court says. The court heard oral arguments on August...

Biden picks Harris for VP

August 11, 2020 4:27 pmAugust 11, 2020 5:23 pm

Joe Biden has selected Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for vice president. The freshman U.S. Senator from California becomes the fourth woman – and first woman of color — to run on a major party ticket in a national...