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Murphy to name three new Port Authority commissioners, O’Toole to remain chairman

April 14, 2021 1:50 pmApril 17, 2021 1:01 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate three new commissioners to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of a deal that allows Kevin O’Toole to remain as chairman of the powerful bi-state agency. Murphy will end a...

New package planned for Port Authority nominations

May 21, 2020 5:31 pmMay 21, 2020 5:35 pm

Another deal is in the works for Gov. Phil Murphy to make his first appointments to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The package will include a commitment...

Ethics Commission recommends 6-month suspension for school board official, report says

March 27, 2019 12:19 pm

Elected and appointed officials should be aware that the answer to the question “do you know who I am” is almost always no. The State Department of Education’s Ethics Commission recommended South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education member Stephanie Lawson-Muhammad be...

Murphy appointees at PVSC, PANYNJ face confirmation woes

June 1, 2018 12:00 amJune 2, 2018 1:29 am

Several nominations made by Gov. Phil Murphy may have some trouble getting through the New Jersey State Senate. Murphy has nominated Passaic Mayor Hector Lora, Paterson City Council President Ruby Cotton, and East Rutherford Mayor James Casella to the Passaic Valley...

Brendan Gill’s Amateur Hour

April 27, 2018 12:36 amApril 27, 2018 5:52 pm

Winner Losers BRIAN STACK BRENDAN GILL The Union City Mayor draws a crowd of more than 3,000 people for an incredible spectacle of grandeur and pageantry that put his massive hometown popularity on display for statewide officials. He’s unopposed in...