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Senate set to approve nearly all of Murphy’s diverse March slate of Superior Court nominees

May 17, 2022 4:35 pm

In March, Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a set of 14 nominees to the Superior Court, with the intention of both diversifying the judiciary and addressing the state’s backlog of cases and judicial vacancies. Now, with a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Christie Court

June 7, 2020 10:12 pmJune 7, 2020 11:23 pm

The ninth governor of New Jersey to serve under the 1947 State Constitution was Republican Chris Christie, who became the first in history to refuse the reappointment of a sitting justice – he did it twice – and the first...

ELEC fines ex-Chatham councilman

December 4, 2019 10:41 am

Former Chatham Borough Councilman James Lonergan has been fined $275 for failing to file campaign finance reports for his 2017 re-election campaign with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. Lonergan did not spend any money on his unopposed run...

Zaro unhappy with Murphy over secondary legal role

June 28, 2018 12:09 pmJune 29, 2018 10:48 am

There’s some trouble brewing between Gov. Phil Murphy and Jerry Zaro, his appointee to the Gateway Program Development Corporation. Zaro wanted his law firm, Sills Cummis & Gross, to become general counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and source...

Shakeup coming at NJ Turnpike

March 26, 2018 10:24 pmMarch 27, 2018 10:46 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has picked John Keller as the new executive director of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority in a series of moves that included the termination of most of the authority’s legal department. Keller, currently the deputy chief engineer,...

Morris County Mayor endorses Ghee

March 12, 2018 10:15 amMarch 12, 2018 3:26 pm

Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris, who was once Gov. Chris Christie’s nominee for the New Jersey Supreme Court, has endorsed Antony Ghee for the Republican nomination for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district. The endorsement comes from a Morris County...