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Murphy picks Hou as New Jersey’s first woman Adjutant General

May 2, 2021 3:00 pmApril 30, 2021 7:06 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate Col. Lisa J. Hou as the first woman to serve as New Jersey Adjutant General and Commissioner of Military and Veterans Affairs, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Hou has held the posts on an...

Murphy takes months to pick three permanent cabinet replacements, State Police superintendent waiting three years for Senate confirmation

March 24, 2021 7:14 pm

With roughly nine months remaining in his first term, Gov. Phil Murphy has made no move to nominate permanent commissioners to three key cabinet posts, leaving acting commissioners in some of the most prominent positions in state government with no...

Murphy declines to say if he wants Hou as permanent NJDMVA head

January 22, 2021 3:06 pmJanuary 22, 2021 5:30 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday declined to say whether seek to appoint Interim Adjutant General and acting Commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Col. Lisa Hou to the positions permanently. “I’m not going to talk about specific...

VFW says Murphy ignored them, renews call for special prosecutor

December 28, 2020 2:44 pmSeptember 30, 2021 10:20 am

The head of the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars today sharply criticized Gov. Phil Murphy for failures to protect veterans living in state-run residential facilities and renewed a call for a special prosecutor to probe Covid-related deaths. “Our concerns...

Murphy’s top veterans official will challenge Gottheimer as independent

April 21, 2020 2:01 pmApril 21, 2020 8:05 pm

The top veterans affairs official in Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration will mount an independent bid for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th district against Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff). Mark A. Piterski, who retired as a U.S. Army Brigadier General last month,...