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Gustafson launches digital ad hitting Norcross on tax incentives

September 14, 2020 3:12 pmSeptember 14, 2020 4:28 pm

Republican House candidate Claire Gustafson launched a new digital ad hitting Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) over a law that created an embattled tax incentives program. “Donald Norcross bragged about getting a law passed to deliver us jobs. Instead, his family...

Norcross announces nearly $350,000 in grants for two South Jersey health centers

September 11, 2020 1:18 pm

Two South Jersey health centers will receive nearly $350,000 in federal aid, Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) announced Friday. CAMcare Health Corporation will receive $172,250, while Project H.O.P.E., which provides services to Camden’s homeless residents, will receive $173,395. “In our country,...

Norcross: pandemic creates new meaning of Labor Day

September 7, 2020 10:24 am

OPINION Labor Day traditionally marks the end of summer and the start of a new school year. This year, however, as communities across the country continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and the global recession, it will be unlike...

Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 7, 2020 12:04 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

Labor Leader: Paul J. Krebs, last president of NJ CIO served one-term in Congress

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 12:24 am

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts...

How Norcross gets replaced in Congress if Biden makes him Secretary of Labor

August 26, 2020 7:42 pmAugust 26, 2020 7:48 pm

An influential labor leader launched a trial balloon by mentioning Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) as a possible candidate for U.S. Secretary of Labor if Joe Biden wins the presidency. The (Bergen) Record reported that United Brotherhood of Carpenters president Douglas...

Sweeney doesn’t feel snubbed over lack of convention speaking role

August 17, 2020 11:40 amAugust 17, 2020 12:05 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney isn’t lamenting his lack of a speaking role at the Democratic National Committee’s convention. “No, not even a little bit,” Sweeney said when asked if he felt snubbed. “I didn’t go to Denver. I went to...