Brendan Gill Archives - New Jersey Globe

Lawmakers to pass identical dark money bill

June 10, 2019 2:43 pm

Lawmakers will pass an identical copy of the dark money bill Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed last month, and the governor will sign it. The unorthodox path of the dark money bill will take provides Democratic lawmakers with an avenue...

Dark money override conversations ongoing, Zwicker says

June 6, 2019 3:03 pm

Conversations about an override on a dark money bill Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed last month are still ongoing, the bill’s main Assembly sponsor said Thursday. Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker said caucus leaders have not yet decided whether to post the...

Think Tank with Steve Adubato

May 7, 2019 12:01 amMay 7, 2019 12:05 pm

Future of the Democratic Party Taped out of the Agnes Varis NJTV Studio in downtown Newark, Think Tank with Steve Adubato brings together thought leaders, innovators and experts from a variety of fields to explore the critical issues, trends and challenges facing our nation today. In a...

Assembly drafting new dark money bill, Coughlin says

February 28, 2019 6:03 pmMarch 1, 2019 9:35 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin on Thursday said his chamber would not back a donor disclosure bill that the Senate passed last week. “We’re still putting together a bill that at least the Assembly can agree on,” Coughlin said, adding that...

Christie to blame for Murphy disapprovals, Gill says

February 12, 2019 2:06 pmFebruary 12, 2019 5:05 pm

Essex County Freeholder Director Brendan Gill, a close confidant of Gov. Phil Murphy, thinks the former Gov. Chris Christie is to blame for Murphy’s rising disapproval rating in a Monmouth University poll released Tuesday. “I think they’re solid numbers for...

Al Smith, prominent Montclair resident, dies at 57

January 13, 2019 5:37 pm

Alvin Smith III, a retired New Jersey state trooper who fought racial profiling by the New Jersey State Police, passed away on January 5. He was 57. His father, Alvin Smith, Jr., was the longtime Montclair Democratic Municipal Chairman. Smith...

Murphy emissaries aid chief of staff search

January 11, 2019 4:27 pm

There’s one thing – perhaps the only thing – Donald Trump and Phil Murphy have in common: neither can find a chief of staff. The search for one of the most powerful insider positions in state government has been going...