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Broad court vacancies remain despite swell of June confirmations

July 2, 2021 5:23 pmJuly 3, 2021 6:03 pm

New Jersey lawmakers were on pace this year to appoint and reappoint more judges to the Superior Court bench than any administration since 1998, according to data from New Jersey’s Judiciary, but an extended break planned by lawmakers through November...

Murphy to name three new Port Authority commissioners, O’Toole to remain chairman

April 14, 2021 1:50 pmApril 17, 2021 1:01 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate three new commissioners to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as part of a deal that allows Kevin O’Toole to remain as chairman of the powerful bi-state agency. Murphy will end a...

2020 was a bad year for Woodrow Wilson

February 15, 2021 12:09 amFebruary 13, 2021 6:27 pm

History hit the reset button on Woodrow Wilson in 2020. Ninety-six years after his death, the 13th president of Princeton University, 34th Governor of New Jersey and 28th President of the United States faced a reckoning with what New Jersey’s...

9 takeaways on Steinhardt dropping out

January 12, 2021 10:01 amJanuary 12, 2021 12:31 pm

The race for the Republican nomination for Governor of New Jersey hit the reset button on Monday night with the unexpected withdrawal of former GOP State Chairman Doug Steinhardt from the race. That leaves Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman from...

Murphy picks Binotto to manage re-election bid

December 21, 2020 8:45 amDecember 21, 2020 10:01 am

Mollie Binotto, a New Jersey-born top national political operative who ran Mikie Sherrill’s 2018 race for Congress, will serve as campaign manager for Gov. Phil Murphy’s re-election campaign. Murphy is seeking to become the first Democratic governor to win re-election...

Murphy, Norcross meet with Trump official on Covid response

December 11, 2020 2:03 pmDecember 11, 2020 2:09 pm

Sometimes politics gets put aside in the interests of the public. Cooper University Hospital in Camden brought an unusual triumvirate together to talk about slowing the spread of a global pandemic today: Gov. Phil Murphy, political powerhouse George Norcross, and...

Ex-Murphy aide now working at Amazon

August 9, 2020 4:06 pm

Kathleen Frangione, who stepped down as Gov. Phil Murphy’ chief policy advisor in May, has landed at Amazon. She is working on environmental policy for online retail giant, according to her LinkedIn page. Amazon announced in June that they had...