Zach Blackburn and Joey Fox, Author at New Jersey Globe

Fight to codify Immigrant Trust Directive has key allies in Congress

January 22, 2026 3:10 pmJanuary 22, 2026 3:10 pm

As Gov. Mikie Sherrill settles into office, state legislators and advocates are looking to try again on a pair of immigrant-rights bills vetoed by former Gov. Phil Murphy, and they’ll have congressional allies in the effort. Reps. LaMonica McIver (D-Newark),...

Twenty takeaways on the 2025 Blue Wave and what comes next

November 7, 2025 3:16 pmNovember 21, 2025 12:11 am

Mikie Sherrill beats Jack Ciattarelli by more than 13 points. Democrats gain as many as five seats in the State Assembly, giving them their largest Assembly majority since the Watergate wave of 1973. Towns across the state that voted for...

Murphy wants legislature to address ‘cumbersome’ special election schedule for Sherrill’s House seat

November 5, 2025 1:55 pmNovember 5, 2025 1:58 pm

As Democratic legislators discuss whether and how to change New Jersey election laws so that Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill’s successor in the 11th congressional district can be elected more quickly, outgoing Gov. Phil Murphy said today that he thinks some action...

The New Jersey Globe 2025 Voter’s Guide

October 31, 2025 3:00 pmNovember 1, 2025 8:01 pm

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the New Jersey Globe 2025 Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version. Years of planning, canvassing, polling, campaigning, interviewing, strategizing, and agonizing have led us to this: the moment New Jersey...

Trump threat to ‘terminate’ Gateway funding draws alarm in N.J.

October 15, 2025 9:20 pmOctober 15, 2025 10:26 pm

President Donald Trump said earlier today that funding for the Gateway Tunnel project is “terminated,” a vague statement that drew alarm from New Jersey politicians keen to see the $18 billion rail project connecting Manhattan and New Jersey completed. According...

Gateway construction continuing for now as N.J. politicians trade blame for funding freeze

October 2, 2025 5:25 pm

Despite the announcement yesterday from President Donald Trump that billions of dollars in funding for the Gateway Tunnel project would be halted, construction is not immediately stopping – but that won’t be true forever, and Democrats and Republicans in New...

ICE documents provide details on detainment statistics, June unrest at Delaney Hall

September 2, 2025 11:57 am

A records request from the New Jersey Globe for information related to the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center has provided something that has long been elusive: the total number of detainees housed at the facility during one moment in time....