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LD39 Dems call on incumbents to condemn Bramnick over website

October 14, 2019 4:16 pmOctober 14, 2019 9:32 pm

Democratic challengers in the 39th legislative district called on Republican incumbents to condemn Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick over a claims on his law firm’s website that offered to discredit sexual assault accusers. “We call on Assembly members Holly Schepisi...

Monmouth poll with Murphy approvals coming tomorrow

September 16, 2019 2:00 pm

Monmouth University will release a poll on Tuesday with job approval ratings for Gov. Phil Murphy. The Monmouth poll, which has become the gold standard for New Jersey, will include questions concerning Murphy’s handling of the Newark water crisis, and...

Corrado calls for revival of Select Committee on Oversight

September 13, 2019 8:40 pm

State Sen. Kristin Corrado called for the Select Committee on Oversight to resume its investigations the hiring practices of Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration Friday. “The committee left some glaring unfinished business,” Corrado, a select committee vice chair, said. “Summer is...

Bergen Dems bash GOP fundraiser featuring conservative radio host Kevin McCullough

September 13, 2019 12:06 pmSeptember 13, 2019 1:18 pm

Democratic Assembly candidates Gerald Falotico and John Birkner attacked their Republican opponents over the appearance of a conservative talk radio host at a recent Bergen GOP fundraiser. “There should be no place in our politics for such extremist ideology and...

Three incumbents reappointed to judicial conduct panel

September 6, 2019 10:19 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court has reappointed three members of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct, the panel that investigates allegations of unethical conduct by New Jersey judges. Karen Kessler, Matthew Boxer and Vincent Gentile were given additional three years...

Murphy declines to say who hired Dye

August 22, 2019 12:35 pmAugust 23, 2019 2:12 am

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say who hired Jeffrey Dye, a Department of Labor official who was fired after the New Jersey Globe first reported he made a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on social media. “I’ve said all...

Steinhardt calls on Murphy to break silence on Dye hiring

August 21, 2019 4:40 pm

New Jersey Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt called for Gov. Phil Murphy to break his silence on the hiring — and subsequent firing — of a political appointee who made a series of inflammatory statements on social media. “Governor Murphy...