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Jewish GOP candidate calls Pelosi mailer anti-Semitic ‘dog whistle’

September 16, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 16, 2020 2:23 pm

Direct mail coming from Nancy Pelosi’s House Majority PAC appears to accentuate but not modify the size of a Jewish Republican congressional candidate’s nose and depicts the candidate with loads of hundred dollar bills. One of the three mailers show...

Seven governors attending League of Women Voters 100th anniversary gala

September 14, 2020 10:41 am

More than one New Jersey governor and a swath of other noted politician will virtually meet to celebrate the 100th anniversaries of the League of Women Voters’ and the 19th amendment. “With all the attention on voting rights issues across...

Cole retiring after 23 year as Montclair State University president

September 9, 2020 3:19 pm

Montclair State University President Susan A. Cole will retire in July 2021. Cole has been president of New Jersey’s second-largest state university for 23 years and was the first woman to hold the post. In 2009, Cole was an early...

Happy Birthday, Jim Florio

August 29, 2020 8:16 pmAugust 30, 2020 12:02 am

Happy Birthday to former Gov. Jim Florio, who turned 83 today. Florio has been a fixture in New Jersey politics since 1969, when he won a seat in the New Jersey. He spent fifteen years as a congressman from South...

Report: Christie may play Biden in Trump debate prep

August 9, 2020 6:15 pm

President Donald Trump wants former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to play Joe Biden in rehearsals for the 2020 presidential debates, according to an Axios report. Axios reported that Trump met with Christie and some of his top campaign aides...

Elizabeth councilwoman is new acting Perth Amboy administrator

August 8, 2020 1:45 pm

Perth Amboy Mayor Wilda Diaz has named Patricia Perkins-Auguste as the acting city business administrator. Perkins-Auguste, a seven-term Elizabeth city councilwoman, replaced Frederick Carr. Diaz fired Carr last month. The post pays $125,000-per-year, according to Council President William Petrick. Petrick...

Kean says he regrets 2010 vote against gay marriage

June 30, 2020 11:00 amJune 30, 2020 12:37 pm

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) says he regrets his vote against legalizing gay marriage in New Jersey when it came up for a vote in the State Senate in 2010. “I was wrong in my vote when the...