David Wildstein, Author at New Jersey Globe

Matt Gould joins public affairs firm

August 18, 2025 10:23 amAugust 18, 2025 10:24 am

Matt Gould, a longtime Assembly staffer, has joined MAD Global Strategy as a senior vice president. Gould had most recently served as campaign manager for State Sen. Jon Bramnick’s campaign for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. In addition to working on...

NJ.com/Star-Ledger owner is major Sherrill donor

August 18, 2025 6:07 amAugust 18, 2025 3:11 pm

An heir to the $24 billion Newhouse publishing empire that owns NJ.com and the Star-Ledger has contributed over $400,000 to Democratic candidates nationally, and $16,700 to Mikie Sherrill’s campaigns for governor and Congress. Ben Newhouse, a 43-year-old Jersey City resident...

The Inside Edge with David Wildstein: Yosemite Sam

August 18, 2025 5:26 amAugust 19, 2025 9:04 am

Indicted SJTA commissioner slams Platkin, calls prosecution a ‘political spectacle’

August 18, 2025 5:13 amAugust 18, 2025 10:59 am

Former South Jersey Transportation Authority Commissioner Chris Milam is pushing back against his indictment on corruption charges, accusing Attorney General Matt Platkin of turning his office into a political weapon. Milam and another ex-commissioner, Bryan Bush, were indicted last week...

Joseph Kelley, SCI commissioner, father of ex-Murphy advisor, dies at 73

August 17, 2025 6:45 pmAugust 17, 2025 7:34 pm

Joseph E. Kelley, a commissioner of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation and the father of Gov. Phil Murphy’s former deputy chief of staff, died today after an accident last week. He was 73. A former administrative law judge...

N.J. public television announces layoffs, citing federal, state budget cuts

August 14, 2025 7:33 pmAugust 14, 2025 8:39 pm

New Jersey PBS will lay off members of its news team after the Republican-controlled Congress approved a recission package that eliminated funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and following a 75% cut in state funding by the Democratic-controlled New...

Sherrill releases exact values of her finances, showing no unusual stock gains

August 14, 2025 5:59 pmAugust 14, 2025 6:12 pm

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill has filed an annual financial disclosure report that lists specific values of her assets, going beyond the disclosures required by federal and state laws and debunking the theory that she’s personally profited off her service...