Chris Bollwage Archives - New Jersey Globe

Reginald Atkins retiring from State Assembly after two terms

January 24, 2025 9:00 amJanuary 24, 2025 6:50 pm

Assemblyman Reginald Atkins (D-Roselle) will not seek re-election to a third term in the state legislature this year after Union County Democrats decided to reshuffle their ticket – making Atkins perhaps the first victim of New Jersey’s new county-line-free political...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

January 19, 2024 3:50 pmJanuary 20, 2024 11:12 am

The snow is softly falling on Washington, D.C. after a relatively productive week that saw a government shutdown averted, a major deal on tax reform reached, and a New Jerseyan’s nomination to the federal circuit court approved in committee. Many...

Helmy, Kelley, Bollwage confirmed to seats on Port Authority board

February 27, 2023 3:48 pmFebruary 27, 2023 3:50 pm

Three nominees to the Port Authority Board of Commissioners – George Helmy, Gov. Phil Murphy’s chief of staff; Joe Kelley, Murphy’s deputy chief of staff for economic growth; and Elizabeth Mayor Chris Bollwage – were confirmed by the State Senate...

NOW seeks Cosgrove ouster

April 30, 2019 12:31 pm

The National Organization for Women of New Jersey wants Elizabeth police director James Cosgrove out after a Union County prosecutor’s office probe found that he regularly made racist and misogynistic slurs to his staff. “Cosgrove routinely used the ‘n-word’ and...

19 urban mayors stump for Menendez

November 5, 2018 12:33 pm

In a show of force, 19 mayors from New Jersey’s urban Democratic strongholds, joined by Gov. Phil Murphy and U.S. Senator Cory Booker, joined together in support of Democrat Bob Menendez for re-election to the United States Senate. Menendez’s hopes...