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McGreevey advisors might have talked him out of resigning if not for leak, ex-press secretary says

August 12, 2019 2:04 pmAugust 12, 2019 4:10 pm

OPINION Governor McGreevey had not originally planned to resign on that fateful day fifteen years ago. Once we started getting press questions I have long suspected may have been sparked by a tip from Senate President Dick Codey, McGreevey moved...

Lesniak won’t seek public office again

July 29, 2019 3:14 pmJuly 29, 2019 3:39 pm

Former State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) won’t challenge Gov. Phil Murphy — or anyone else — in 2021 or any year thereafter. “I’m not running for political office ever again,” Lesniak said. Lesniak spent four decades in the legislature, starting...

NJ Transit pay hikes show pattern of patronage pits, Munoz says

July 26, 2019 11:09 amJuly 26, 2019 11:23 am

Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz sounded alarms over salary hikes doled out to NJ Transit officials appointed by Gov. Phil Murphy. “There seems to be a pattern within the Murphy administration where semi-public agencies are used as patronage pits,” Munoz said. “Murphy...

Codey’s basketball team wins national championship

July 22, 2019 3:20 pm

The high school basketball team coached by Former Gov. Dick Codey won a national championship over a North Carolina team 57-53. “This was a thrilling victory for all of us,” said Codey, who is also a state senator. “I’m so...

Shapiro and Cryan split the ’78 races for Essex freeholder

July 22, 2019 3:41 amJuly 24, 2019 8:39 pm

With four Democrats running for Essex County Executive in the June 1978 primary, there were also contested races for the four Freeholder-At-Large seats and in each of the five freeholder districts – including a race between one of the leaders...

Jasey declines to say if she’d vote for override

June 27, 2019 5:39 pmJune 28, 2019 9:42 am

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s closest allies in the legislature, declined to say whether she would back a veto override on the state budget. “I don’t think that will be necessary,” Jasey said when asked which way...

Jasey attends 2nd Murphy presser in 3 days

June 26, 2019 12:57 pmJune 27, 2019 10:01 am

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey is making appearances at Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget press conferences. As far as the Assembly goes, she’s alone in that. On Wednesday, Jasey attended her second Murphy budget presser in three days. Legislators representing Paterson, where the...