Idida Rodriguez Archives - New Jersey Globe

51 New Jersey women sign letter praising Platkin nomination as attorney general, urging his confirmation

February 10, 2022 2:12 amFebruary 10, 2022 5:46 pm

Some of the New Jersey’s most influential women leaders have signed on to a letter endorsing Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as Attorney General, a move intended to send a signal to some members of the State Senate...

Hispanic leaders ready to criticize DOJ

January 26, 2018 12:23 am

A group of Hispanic elected officials and community leaders plan to denounce the Department of Justice for accusing U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of “racializing” his trial last year. A media advisory issued by the office of U.S. Rep. Albio Sires...

The Murphy Inaugural Experience begins

January 11, 2018 11:22 pm

The Phil Murphy Inaugural Experience – their term, like it’s some kind of theme park adventure – begins at noon tomorrow with an Interfaith Prayer Service at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Several prominent members of...

Murphy service includes lobbyist’s prayer

January 8, 2018 2:35 am

An interfaith prayer service in honor of Gov.-elect Phil Murphy will include a prayer given by an influential Trenton lobbyist and Democratic strategist who is also an ordained interfaith minister. Pastor Idida Rodriguez is a partner at Essex County Democratic...