Joe Donohue, Author at New Jersey Globe

Offshore Wind Power Developers Have Spent Almost $4.2 million on Lobbying During Past Decade

May 3, 2021 11:15 amMay 3, 2021 11:16 am

In recent years, New Jersey has seen the emergence of two completely new industries – marijuana and deep-sea wind energy production. The marijuana industry has received more attention, in part because use of marijuana had been illegal in the state...

Opinion: Bloomberg Self-financing in Recent Presidential Campaign Makes Past NJ Mega-Spenders Look Like Skinflints

April 1, 2020 11:53 am

OPINION In any other election year, it would have been major news when billionaire Tom Steyer dropped out of the Democratic primary campaign on February 29, 2020. After all, he had just spent $267 million of his personal wealth on...

The Story of the Alleged $3 Million Campaign Contribution Bribe and Why ELEC Matters

November 2, 2018 4:35 pmNovember 2, 2018 4:36 pm

Abner “Longie” Zwillman once dated actress Jean Harlow and was dubbed the “Al Capone of New Jersey”. He was born in Newark and lived in West Orange when he died of suicide in 1959. While he tried to go “legit,”...