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MacArthur wins major labor endorsement

April 24, 2018 2:36 pmApril 25, 2018 4:31 pm

Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur has landed a huge endorsement: the New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council. “We have endorsed Rep. MacArthur since his first election when he told us he would stand firm on building trades issues, said...

Did Sweeney cave on millionaire’s tax?

March 7, 2018 6:06 amMarch 7, 2018 2:19 pm

One question being asked by political insiders tonight: did Senate President Steve Sweeney cave on his opposition to the millionaire’s tax Governor Phil Murphy wants? Sweeney had indicated his opposition to a tax increase for New Jersey’s millionaires, saying it...

Labor leaders to help retire Lesniak debt

March 1, 2018 7:15 pmMarch 2, 2018 11:35 am

Some of the state’s most powerful union leaders are hosting a fundraising breakfast this month to help former State Sen. Raymond Lesniak retire some of the debt on his 2017 campaign for governor. Lesniak loaned his campaign $155,000 last year...

EDA set to vote on Murphy pick

February 13, 2018 8:56 am

The big news of the day might come out of a meeting of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, where Gov. Phil Murphy’s controversial pick of a Connecticut official with a history of opposing building trades unions is on the...

Murphy doesn’t have votes to approve EDA pick

January 27, 2018 3:23 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t necessarily have the votes on the Economic Development Authority (EDA) to approve his choice of a Connecticut official as the new executive director. In a letter, first reported by InsiderNJ’s Max Pizzaro, labor leader Bill Mullen...