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Opinion: Achieving Racial Justice

June 6, 2020 10:11 pm

OPINION It is clear that we continue to be divided by hundreds of years of racial injustice and discrimination faced by the Black Community. These acts of injustice against George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Christian Cooper and countless others...

Murphy names Smith Ellis as his new chief policy advisor

June 3, 2020 9:30 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has named one of his cabinet members, Dr. Zakiya Smith Ellis, as his new chief policy advisor, a senior staff position with wide-ranging influence over the governor’s entire agenda as the state looks to rebound from the...

Biden still hasn’t spoken to Murphy

May 11, 2020 3:23 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden has still not spoken with the governor of the state that has seen more cases of COVID-19 than all but one other state in the nation. “I still have not spoken with the vice president,”...

Murphy won’t hug Trump if he comes to NJ

April 21, 2020 5:21 pmApril 21, 2020 5:34 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy won’t join his predecessor in hugging a president belonging to the opposing political party on the eve of an election that will decide who sits in the country’s highest office. “I’m not giving anybody a hug right...

Three possible Biden VP picks with N.J. ties

March 29, 2020 8:53 pmMarch 29, 2020 9:13 pm

A long list of potential running mates for Joe Biden could include three women with ties to New Jersey, although none are considered leading candidates at this point. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama) and Abigail Spanberger (D-Virginia) were on a list...

Sweeney copies Obama coronavirus tweet

March 15, 2020 7:06 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney has deleted a tweet that copied the same wording as one former President Barack Obama two hours earlier. At 3:09 PM, Obama tweeted: “Not everybody can stay home, and we owe a big debt of gratitude...

Biden wins Warren County, which Sanders carried in 2016

March 9, 2020 7:02 pmMarch 9, 2020 7:04 pm

Joe Biden won the Warren County Democratic convention on Sunday, defeating Bernie Sanders by a vote of 39 to 14 – a 74%-26% margin – in a county Sanders won four years ago. Sanders carried Warren County in the 2016...