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Checking in on Murphy’s cabinet nominations as 2022 ends

December 6, 2022 5:06 pm

The number of acting members of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet was slashed this year, with the State Senate approving four cabinet nominees for full terms. Two other nominees, however, remain unconfirmed, and they’ll likely soon be joined by a third....

Murphy formally announces Platkin as attorney general pick

February 3, 2022 12:09 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that he will nominate Matt Platkin to be the next state attorney general, succeeding acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck; Platkin served as Murphy’s chief counsel from 2018 until 2020, when he became a partner at...

For a second time, state trooper’s union endorses Murphy

August 2, 2021 9:36 am

Praising his defense of collective bargaining and making significant contributions to the pension system, the State Trooper’s Fraternal Association of New Jersey has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for re-election to a second term. The union president, Wayne Blanchard, said the...

Bruck names leadership team, directs staff to address issues of racial disparity

July 19, 2021 12:35 pmJuly 19, 2021 4:10 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck, who assumed his post at midnight on Saturday, has announced the members of his leadership team, including the elevation of Jennifer Davenport to First Assistant Attorney General. Bruck has named Matthew Berns, a former U.S....

Stanfield wants Kuhn to come before Senate

July 8, 2021 6:04 pmJuly 9, 2021 9:48 am

After Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks was forced out of his position over violent cell extractions conducted in the dead of night at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, Victoria Kuhn, his chief of staff, took helm of the agency. But her...

Heading into re-election, nearly a third of Murphy’s cabinet is unconfirmed or departing

July 8, 2021 1:04 pmMarch 23, 2022 3:32 pm

Nearly a third of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet members intend to leave the administration or are in their positions on an acting basis, with some awaiting confirmation and others awaiting the nomination of a permanent agency head. Press play to...

Officials, faith leaders condemn anti-Semitism

July 8, 2021 9:56 am

Top officials in state government and a swath of faith leaders announced the formation of a new group to denounce anti-Semitism Thursday. “In recent weeks, our area has witnessed an alarming rise in antisemitic attacks — physical and verbal, in-person...