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Norcross will testify on Monday before Senate committee

November 13, 2019 10:25 amNovember 13, 2019 10:50 am

George Norcross will testify before the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies on Monday morning. the New Jersey Globe has learned. One of New Jersey’s most influential powerbrokers, Norcross wrote to legislative leaders in June offering to testify. “I...

Activists want George Norcross to resign

October 10, 2019 9:21 amOctober 10, 2019 12:37 pm

A group of activists who have long opposed George Norcross will call for the powerbroker to resign from his post at Cooper University Health System Thursday. Cooper continues to be a central point in a tax incentives lawsuit targeting four...

Report: Norcross pushed non-profit off prime Camden real estate

October 3, 2019 7:24 pmOctober 4, 2019 10:59 am

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with comment from Sue Altman at 10:59 a.m. Democratic powerbroker George Norcross pushed a non-profit out of prime real estate holdings in Camden, according to a cooperative WNYC and ProPublica report. In 2013, Cooper’s...

Murphy reissues call for tax incentive reform following NY Times report

September 24, 2019 2:58 pmSeptember 24, 2019 2:59 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy reiterated his criticisms of the state’s tax incentives programs after The New York Times reported that at least 12 firms threatened to move to an office park in New York without ever seriously considering relocating to the...

Congressional Progressive Caucus backs Norcross re-election

September 24, 2019 12:53 pmSeptember 24, 2019 1:04 pm

The Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC has endorsed Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) for re-election next year. No Democrats have said they plan to challenge Norcross in the 2020 Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 1st district. Norcross is the vice chair and...

Candidates spar on guns, dark money in LD8

September 20, 2019 5:02 pmSeptember 23, 2019 11:37 am

Assembly candidates in the 8th legislative district are dueling over guns and dark money. Earlier this week, the campaign of Assemblyman Ryan Peters (R-Hainesport) and former Burlington County Sheriff Jean Stanfield called on their Democratic opponents, former Assembly Staffer Gina...

Progressives renew call for tax incentive reform

September 18, 2019 3:48 pmSeptember 18, 2019 4:19 pm

Progressive groups renewed their call for a set of reforms to the state’s tax incentive programs following the release of a new report by New Jersey Policy Perspective Wednesday. “As negotiations begin over a new tax incentive program, New Jersey...