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After unanimous vote, N.J. Working Families Party supports Payne for re-election

May 19, 2022 1:29 pmMay 19, 2022 2:39 pm

The New Jersey Working Families Party has endorsed Rep. Donald Payne (D-Newark) for re-election in the 10th district, saying he is supportive of their core policies “and has been for years.” The vote in support of Payne over Democratic primary...

Gottheimer pushes Biden to boost baby formula production

May 18, 2022 3:38 pmMay 18, 2022 7:16 pm

Update: President Biden moved to ensure the supply of infant formula on Wednesday by delegating authority under the Defense Production Act. President Joe Biden should invoke the Defense Production Act to boost baby formula production, says Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff....

Timberlake endorses Payne for Congress

May 18, 2022 6:47 amMay 18, 2022 2:02 pm

Continuing the avalanche of bad news for mountebank candidate Imani Oakley, her former boss has endorsed her opponent in the Democratic congressional primary in New Jersey’s 10th district. Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake (D-East Orange), perhaps the most progressive member of the...

Menendez bill to protect federal judges blocked once again in Senate

May 12, 2022 5:32 pm

Senator Bob Menendez’s attempt to pass the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act, named for the son of U.S. District Court judge Esther Salas who was killed at the family’s home in 2020, was blocked for a second time...

Tucker calls Essex County legislative redistricting a ‘terrible mistake’

May 12, 2022 2:26 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), whose district was one of several Essex County districts that was significantly redrawn during this year’s legislative reapportionment process, expressed her strong disapproval of the new map today. “I think they made a terrible mistake,” Tucker...

McKnight, Schaer, Wimberly introduce resolution supporting federal anti-lynching law

May 11, 2022 12:44 pm

A month after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, Assemblymembers Angela McKnight (D-Jersey City), Gary Schaer (D-Passaic), and Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) have introduced a resolution in the State Assembly in support of the new national...

Baraka easily re-elected as Newark mayor

May 10, 2022 10:04 pmMay 10, 2022 10:04 pm

The New Jersey Globe projects that Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has won a third term in office, defeating challenger Sheila Montague by a huge margin in the state’s largest city. With 88% of election districts reporting, Baraka led Montague 12,368...