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New Jersey’s Parade of Governors

November 15, 2018 1:38 pm

It’s been almost seventeen years since John O. Bennett III served as governor of New Jersey, but his annual spotting at a New Jersey League of Municipalities panel where he joins other former governors merits some explaining as to how...

Murphy approvals at 43%, Rutgers-Eagleton poll says

November 15, 2018 12:01 amNovember 15, 2018 8:35 am

Gov. Phil Murphy continues to be popular among New Jerseyans with a 43%- 28% approval rating, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll released this morning. While most New Jerseyans view Murphy favorably – 33%-24% — four out of ten people still...

Ex-governors open their checkbooks, just a little bit

October 22, 2018 2:39 pm

Personal campaign contributions from former governors of New Jersey in 2018 are rare, with a total of $12,200 coming from the pockets of those who once served as the state’s most powerful person. The big donor is Thomas Kean, who...

Bill Schluter, former Senator, dies at 90

August 6, 2018 9:38 pmAugust 7, 2018 9:57 am

William E. Schluter, a moderate Republican and self-proclaimed maverick who championed ethics reform during 21 years in the New Jersey Legislature, and an independent candidate for governor, died today. He was 90. Schluter served two separate tenures in the Legislature...

The history of the New Jersey Senate Presidency

August 6, 2018 4:15 amAugust 5, 2018 11:40 pm

When New Jersey’s modern-day founding fathers created the most powerful governorship in the nation in 1947, it was based on an assumption that the old system of rotating legislative leaders would still be in effect. Today, the three separate but...

Madame Battleship

July 27, 2018 9:46 pmJuly 31, 2018 10:24 am

In the late 1990s, a freshman Camden County freeholder took on a commission led by the late Assemblyman Joe Azzolina and backed by the state’s northern political force to bring a ship, and a rare win, to South Jersey. When...

Whitman skips Murphy Inaugural

January 16, 2018 2:19 pm

There’s probably nothing to read into this other than a quick mention: Christine Todd Whitman was the only one of the state’s seven living former Governors not in attendance at Phil Murphy’s inauguration. Tom Kean, Jim Florio, Donald DiFrancesco, Jim...