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NJ congressional delegation calls for major disaster declaration

March 24, 2020 11:52 am

The entirety of New Jersey’s House and Senate delegations asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration sought by Gov. Phil Murphy in response to the COVID-19 crisis. “We ask that you approve Governor Murphy’s request, which would...

Five more House candidates file petitions

March 23, 2020 3:15 pmMarch 24, 2020 9:00 am

Five more candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives filed their petitions, bringing the total officially running in the June 2 primary to 12. Former public school teacher Amy Kennedy is the first to file in a hotly-contested Democratic primary...

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Cunningham not ready to endorse in CD10, but she likes Payne

December 4, 2019 2:01 pmDecember 5, 2019 12:37 pm

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City) said it’s too soon to say whether she’ll back Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark) for re-election, but she said she likes the incumbent. “I have not talked to Donald. I like him. I think...

Flora signs no fossil fuel money pledge

October 31, 2019 10:04 am

Rep. Donald Payne Jr.’s primary challenger signed pledge limiting the money he’ll accept from fossil fuel industry groups and executives Thursday. John Flora, a Jersey City teacher mounting a challenge to Payne from the left, signed a pledge saying he...