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The switch

August 13, 2019 1:47 amAugust 13, 2019 1:44 am

Bob Torricelli, seeking re-election to a second term in the United States Senate in 2002, was severely admonished by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics on July 31 for accepting expensive gifts from one of his campaign contributors, David...

Select Committee won’t investigate EDA task force, Smith says

July 29, 2019 2:30 pmJuly 29, 2019 4:44 pm

The Select Senate Committee on Economic Growth Strategies won’t be used to investigate Gov. Phil Murphy’s tax incentive task force, State Sen. Bob Smith, the committee’s chairman, said Monday. “To be clear, this committee is not planning to conduct an...

Barbara Kossyk, ex-Piscataway GOP leader, dies at 86

July 29, 2019 10:59 am

Barbara Kossyk, a former vice chair of the Piscataway Republican Organization who ran three times for Township Council, died on July 27. She was 86. In 1982, Kossyk became a candidate for the Piscataway Township Council 2nd ward seat being...

Lesniak, Kyrillos on agenda for Senate tax incentives review

July 26, 2019 11:01 am

The Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth with hold a hearing on Monday to discuss the future of tax incentive programs in New Jersey, with former State Sens. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) and Joseph Kyrillos (R-Middletown) heading the list of those...

Lopez wants Silva, Troiano out

July 9, 2019 1:28 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez added her name to a growing list of legislators calling for the removal of two judges who have come under fire for comments they made during sexual assault trials. “Without question, Judge Silva and Judge Troiano must...

Republican staff working to get Singer off EGS Committee

July 8, 2019 8:46 pmJuly 9, 2019 8:26 am

Republican Senate staffers are working to get Bob Singer off the Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies at his request, the senator told the New Jersey Globe Monday. Singer, the committee’s vice chairman, said he was concerned about an ethics...

Murphy stops short of calling for Troiano, Silva resignations

July 8, 2019 1:00 pmJuly 8, 2019 8:47 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was deeply troubled by the comments of two New Jersey family court judges who have come under fire for their handling of sexual assault cases but stopped short of calling for their resignations. “I’m extremely...