Brendan Byrne Archives

Murphy’s name will appear on tax rebate checks

July 1, 2021 3:47 pmJuly 12, 2021 1:48 pm

This article was updated with comment from Gov. Phil Murphy at 4:22 p.m. Gov. Phil Murphy’s name, but not his signature, will appear on tax rebate checks the state will send to certain New Jerseyans with at least one dependent...

Governor’s name could appear on homestead, tax rebate checks this year

June 23, 2021 3:40 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s name may appear on tax rebate checks homeowners and New Jerseyans with dependents are set to receive under tax relief provisions in the coming fiscal year’s budget. “Names on the checks, I don’t know if we’ve made...

How early N.J. gubernatorial polls turned out

June 21, 2021 12:17 pmJune 21, 2021 12:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s 15-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in today’s Fairleigh Dickinson University poll shows a closer race than he had during his first campaign for governor four years ago. Murphy is ahead, 48%-33%, according to the FDU poll....

The time five Democratic incumbents lost State Senate primaries

June 7, 2021 1:02 pmJune 8, 2021 12:34 pm

The last time a Demcoratic governor was re-elected to a second term, five Democratic state senators were ousted in primaries. That was in 1977, when the five defeats – added to two Democratic senators losing party support for re-election and...

Five N.J. governors have avoided re-election primaries and Murphy is one of them

June 6, 2021 10:34 pm

Seeking to become the first Democratic governor to win a second term in 44 years, Gov. Phil is expected to get more than 99% of the primary election vote on Tuesday – with only a handful of write-in votes stopping...

Veterans: 17 New Jersey governors

May 31, 2021 12:02 amMay 31, 2021 11:05 pm

Seventeen of New Jersey’s 56 governors have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, was a Brigadier...

J.P. Miele, former New Jersey Highway, Turnpike Authority commissioner, dies at 81

May 26, 2021 7:33 pmMay 26, 2021 8:20 pm

Joseph P. Miele, who served as a commissioner of both the New Jersey Highway and Turnpike authorities and was a leading advocate for New Jerseyans facing alcohol and drug addiction, has died. He was 81. He began his public service...