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Murphy taps Taffet for Rutgers board

January 25, 2024 7:39 pmJanuary 27, 2024 12:55 pm

Adding some gravitas to the leadership of Rutgers University, Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated one of the state’s most influential political insiders, Gary Taffet, to serve on the Board of Governors. He was picked to replace Kevin Egan, who resigned...

Jersey City teachers union endorses O’Dea for mayor

January 18, 2024 2:41 pmJanuary 18, 2024 9:32 pm

The Jersey City Education Association is backing Bill O’Dea for mayor in the November 2025 non-partisan municipal election, union president Ron Greco said today. “Bill O’Dea’s record of service to education in Jersey City is well documented throughout his political...

Jim McGreevey, Photo by Kevin Sanders for New Jersey Globe

Three Hudson mayors tell McGreevey to run in Jersey City

September 12, 2023 2:39 pmSeptember 12, 2023 3:31 pm

The movement to draft former Gov. James E. McGreevey to run for mayor of Jersey City in 2025 moved forward today with a statement from three influential Hudson County mayors urging him to join the race. Mayors Jimmy Davis of...

Is Murphy really New Jersey’s 56th governor? We have no color on that

February 7, 2022 12:34 amFebruary 7, 2022 2:06 am

If the State Senate confirms Matt Platkin as the Attorney General of New Jersey, he’ll either be the 62nd person to hold the post — or the 56th. That depends on who is right, Gov. Phil Murphy or the New...

The story of a N.J. Assembly Democratic feud and the ‘seven southern castaways’

January 31, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 31, 2022 12:04 pm

The decision of Democrats to dump Steve Sweeney, the former Senate President, from his seat on the Legislative Apportionment Commission, has led to speculation – so far unfounded, that South Jersey will retaliate through diminished cooperation with the Gov. Phil...

July 24, 2021: Former Gov. James E. McGreevey

July 24, 2021 5:39 pmJuly 25, 2021 5:26 pm

Former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, July 24. McGreevey was elected Governor in 2001. He defeated Republican Bret Schundler, the former...

McGreevey joins Wildstein on New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 ABC

July 24, 2021 12:01 amJuly 13, 2025 4:27 pm

Former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, July 24 at 4 PM. McGreevey was elected Governor in 2001. He defeated Republican...