Joey Fox, Author at New Jersey Globe

Dim Democratic hopes in the 1st legislative district as parties turn sights elsewhere

August 3, 2021 11:05 amSeptember 14, 2021 10:04 am

For 12 years, Democrats could call New Jersey’s 1st legislative district their own. Led by then-State Sen. Jeff Van Drew (R-Dennis), the Democratic Party held the district’s Senate seat and both Assembly seats for 6 consecutive cycles between 2007 and...

Murphy announces vaccination and testing requirements for health care, congregate living employees

August 2, 2021 1:25 pmAugust 2, 2021 1:49 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Monday that employees of New Jersey’s health care and congregate living facilities must either be vaccinated or consent to weekly testing by September 7. “To be clear, this standard is the absolute floor,” Murphy said in his...

Teaneck, Montclair petitioners stymied in attempts to move local elections to November

August 2, 2021 11:02 amAugust 2, 2021 3:32 pm

Citing a variety of technical deficiencies in their petitions, municipal clerks in Teaneck and Montclair have rejected petitions from local organizers aiming to move their townships’ nonpartisan local elections from May to November. The petitions would have put a referendum...