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Davenport gains backing of 100+ ex-federal prosecutors for Senate confirmation

February 2, 2026 7:00 amFebruary 2, 2026 10:31 am

A group of over 100 former federal prosecutors, including six former U.S. Attorneys and three former state attorneys general, are urging the confirmation of Jennifer Davenport as the 57th Attorney General of New Jersey. Davenport, who was nominated by Gov....

N.J. now has seven living former U.S. Senators — second most in U.S.

December 8, 2024 9:56 pmDecember 8, 2024 10:00 pm

George Helmy’s departure from the United States Senate today brings the total number of living former senators from New Jersey to seven, one behind Colorado for the most in the nation. That’s a relatively high number, considering New Jersey hasn’t...

Justice Department declined to prosecute Norcross, so investigators shopped case to OPIA, court filings claim

November 20, 2024 8:26 pmNovember 21, 2024 10:12 am

There’s a new plot twist in the state’s five-year investigation of George E. Norcross III and others: the discovery that the Justice Department in Philadelphia declined to pursue charges based on a lack of admissible evidence in 2023 and that...

Public integrity unit told grand jury a N.J. judge might be corrupt, but did they report it?

September 27, 2024 7:01 pmSeptember 27, 2024 7:07 pm

In June, three state prosecutors from the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability told a grand jury that Superior Court Judge Steven J. Polansky, the presiding civil court judge in Camden County, might be “corrupt” and part of an...

Insisting ‘routine lawyering is not a crime,’ Tambussi seeks dismissal of charges

September 26, 2024 4:05 pmSeptember 26, 2024 10:57 pm

Slamming the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, lawyers representing William Tambussi accused Attorney General Matt Platkin of “attempting to criminalize the routine practice of law” and asked a judge to dismiss the indictment of the South Jersey power...

Tiver signs off on Hoffman, paving the way for Supreme Court confirmation next month

August 14, 2024 10:26 amAugust 14, 2024 11:44 am

Gov. Phil Murphy’s nominee for associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, John Jay Hoffman, has passed a critical point in his bid for Senate confirmation with signoff from State Sen. Latham Tiver (R-Southampton), the New Jersey Globe has...

Bucco tells Murphy to pick caretaker, not Kim, if Menendez quits

July 17, 2024 10:12 pm

The minority leader of the New Jersey State Senate wants Gov. Phil Murphy to appoint a caretaker if Bob Menendez resigns his seat in the U.S. Senate and not the Democratic nominee, Rep. Andy Kim. Anthony Bucco, the Senate Republican...