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Appellate court reverses dismissal of O’Donnell indictment

April 4, 2022 10:48 amApril 4, 2022 3:08 pm

A state appellate court has reversed the dismissal of an indictment against a former Hudson County lawmaker, saying that it is illegal to bribe a candidate even if they hold no public office at the time of the bribe. “To...

Assembly committee advances long-languishing bill extending bribery laws to candidates

March 17, 2022 11:53 am

The Assembly State and Local Government Committee today unanimously advanced a perennially sidelined bill that would make existing bribery statutes apply to candidates for office; under current law, only those who hold elected office can be charged with bribery. The...

A look ahead at May’s municipal elections

January 21, 2022 5:37 pmFebruary 1, 2022 10:14 am

It’s always election season in New Jersey. This May, voters in many of New Jersey’s biggest municipalities, as well as some of its smallest, will hold municipal elections to determine who will lead their towns for the next four years....

The bar is set low for this new assemblyman from Bayonne

January 11, 2022 12:02 amJanuary 11, 2022 10:37 am

If William B. Sampson IV can find Trenton by noon on Tuesday, he will already have exceeded expectations. Not since Patrick Pasculli (D-Bayonne) graced the halls of the statehouse in the late 1970s and sponsored a bill on his first...

Judge dismisses charges against Jason O’Donnell

June 3, 2021 11:07 amMarch 23, 2022 3:29 pm

Superior Court Judge Mitzy Galis-Menendez today dismissed the indictment against former Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell (D-Bayonne) and dealing a crushing blow to state prosecutors and their cooperating witness in a corruption sting operation. Press play to hear a narrated version of...

N.J. attorney general’s office takes shots at ex-federal judge in bid to stop dismissal of charges

May 19, 2021 2:32 pmMay 19, 2021 6:19 pm

The state attorney general’s office took a shot at the integrity of a respected former federal judge in a response brief involving the state’s cooperating witness in a corruption sting caper, attorney Matthew O’Donnell. In court papers filed on Monday,...

Murphy laments Chiaravalloti retirement, with praise for Davis

April 19, 2021 2:37 pmApril 19, 2021 4:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy lamented the coming loss of a close legislative ally in Assemblyman Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne), who on Monday announced he would suspend an off-the-line re-election bid launched after Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis pulled party support for the three-term...