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Menendez, Booker want United Airlines to nix bid to outsource catering jobs

May 5, 2021 3:44 pm

U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen) and Cory Booker (D-Newark) urged the U.S. Treasury and United Airlines to halt a plan to move 2,500 catering jobs out of the country Wednesday. The lawmakers said United moved to pay its executives...

Booker job approval at 57% in Monmouth poll

May 5, 2021 1:00 pmMay 5, 2021 1:39 pm

New Jerseyans give U.S. Senator Cory Booker job approval ratings of 57%-35% in a new Monmouth University poll, up from 51%-33% in April 2020. Among registered voters, Booker is at 57%-36%. The former Newark mayor and presidential candidate is at...

Biden nominates Christine O’Hearn as federal judge

April 29, 2021 9:09 amApril 29, 2021 9:10 am

President Joe Biden today announced the n9mination of Christine P. O’Hearn to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge in New Jersey. Biden nominated O’Hearn, an attorney and Brown & Connery, a major South Jersey law firm, at the recommendations...

Booker backing Morristown Mayor Dougherty for re-election

April 27, 2021 9:42 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has endorsed Morristown Mayor Tim Dougherty for re-election to a fourth term. “Mayor Tim Dougherty loves his community and is deeply committed to the residents of Morristown,” Booker said.. “As a former Mayor myself, I know...

Booker retools Senate operation after key staffers join Biden administration

April 23, 2021 3:39 pmApril 23, 2021 4:00 pm

U.S. Senator Cory Booker has restructured his press operation, hiring Ahmed Elsayed as his new press secretary. Tom Pietrykoski has been promoted from press secretary to deputy communications director and Amahree Archie has been elevated from press assistant to deputy press...

Confirmation hearings for N.J. federal judicial nominees set for next week

April 23, 2021 2:56 pm

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled confirmation hearings from two New Jerseyans nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as U.S. District Court Judges. Julien X. Neals and Zahid N. Quraishi will appear before the Senate panel on April...

Ambrose is likely pick for U.S. Marshal

April 18, 2021 4:34 pm

The law enforcement career of Anthony Ambrose will get a second act. The former Newark Public Safety Director has surfaced as the top candidate to become New Jersey’s next U.S. Marshal, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The 62-year-old Ambrose...