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Marie Villani, Newark city councilwoman for 20 years, dies at 100

July 17, 2021 10:26 pmJuly 19, 2021 9:39 am

HMarie L. Villani, a six-term Newark City Councilwoman and the first woman to win a citywide election in the state’s largest city, died on July 13. She turned 100 on July 4. Villani was appointed to fill an at-large city...

N.J. VFW elects first Black state commander

June 21, 2021 9:04 amJune 21, 2021 10:36 am

A former Trenton police sergeant and decorated New Jersey Army National Guard veteran has become the first Black to serve as State Commander of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars. Luddie H. Austin, 51, served in the National Guard...

Bergen chides Tucker over lax veterans’ committee schedule

June 10, 2021 4:59 pmJune 10, 2021 7:30 pm

Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) is picking a fight with the chair of the Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee. In a letter sent Thursday to Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), the committee’s chairwoman, the Republican lawmaker aired criticisms over the body’s...

Rice defeats challenger in District 28

June 8, 2021 8:37 pm

State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark) defeated Quadir Selby to win the Democratic nod for State Senate Tuesday. Rice, the immediate past chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, had organizational support behind his re-election bid. Selby ran under the slogan “New...

Democratic women legislators compare Ciattarelli to Christie on health, family planning funding

March 22, 2021 9:34 amMarch 22, 2021 10:46 am

All 28 Democratic women in the New Jersey Legislature today slammed Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s for promising to remove funding cuts to women’s health and family planning services if he defeats Gov. Phil Murphy in the general election. The...

Does Monmouth GOP risk DiMaso joining lawsuit to end organization lines?

February 8, 2021 12:41 amJune 7, 2021 7:17 pm

As county chairs from both parties grow increasingly concerned over a federal lawsuit that seeks to end the practice of preferential ballot position for organization lines, a move to dump an incumbent lawmaker in Monmouth County could provide progressive plaintiffs...

Tucker backs Thomas-Fields for mayor

May 20, 2020 11:08 am

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) endorsed Pamela Thomas-Fields’s bid for Atlantic City mayor Wednesday. “I believe with her education, knowledge and experience, working directly with the city, she’ll bring much needed transformation to the community,” Tucker said. “Now, more than ever,...