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Sherrill gets huge boost with endorsements from 146 Black faith leaders

October 21, 2025 6:19 amOctober 21, 2025 12:45 pm

Rep. Mikie Sherrill has received the backing of nearly 150 Black faith leaders from across New Jersey, consolidating a critical part of the state’s Democratic vote base as she enters the final two weeks of a tight gubernatorial campaign against...

ELEC commissioners will not discipline Brindle over insensitive email

March 28, 2023 4:14 pmMarch 29, 2023 8:05 am

Following a public hearing, the commissioners of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC), the state’s campaign finance watchdog, announced today that they will not discipline ELEC executive director Jeff Brindle over an insensitive email he sent last year....

Progressives renew call for tax incentive reform

September 18, 2019 3:48 pmSeptember 18, 2019 4:19 pm

Progressive groups renewed their call for a set of reforms to the state’s tax incentive programs following the release of a new report by New Jersey Policy Perspective Wednesday. “As negotiations begin over a new tax incentive program, New Jersey...

Black ministers threaten to punish legislators who bail on millionaire’s tax

June 7, 2019 3:57 pmJune 9, 2019 12:05 am

A group of politically-active black ministers on Thursday arrayed to back Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal for a tax of the state’s millionaires, promising to consequences on legislators who don’t end up backing the policy. “We ask that the legislature cooperate...