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Trump campaign names Pennacchio, Testa to head NJ campaign

October 16, 2019 2:51 pmOctober 17, 2019 12:40 pm

Senate Minority Whip Joseph Pennacchio and Cumberland County Republican Chairman Michael Testa, Jr. will serve as Honorary State Chairs of Donald Trump’s New Jersey re-election campaign. “Our New Jersey Trump Victory leadership team will work to elect Republicans across the...

Senate passes VBM reform

August 26, 2019 11:52 amAugust 26, 2019 4:56 pm

In a rare August special session, the New Jersey State Senate passed a VBM reform bill this morning by a 22-10 vote along party lines. The legislation, introduced on Friday, seeks to overturn a decision by the state Division of...

Lesniak, Kyrillos on agenda for Senate tax incentives review

July 26, 2019 11:01 am

The Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth with hold a hearing on Monday to discuss the future of tax incentive programs in New Jersey, with former State Sens. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) and Joseph Kyrillos (R-Middletown) heading the list of those...

Pennacchio seeks end of golden parachutes for college officials

July 3, 2019 9:50 amJuly 3, 2019 10:31 am

Rutgers University shelled out $480,000 for a sabbatical to a university official who worked for one year and has no plans to return. Debasish “Deba” Dutta, who served as chancellor of the New Brunswick campus, accepted a new job last...

Mallory’s Law: Pennacchio Anti-Bullying Effort Advances

June 17, 2019 4:09 pm

Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-Essex, Morris, Passaic) and Senator Patrick Diegnan’s (D-Middlesex) legislation to standardize and strengthen New Jersey’s anti-bullying laws was advanced by the Senate Education Committee. “Mallory’s Law” is named in honor of Mallory Rose Grossman, a 12-year-old Rockaway...

The road to Parsippany Mayor Michael Soriano

April 1, 2019 12:15 amApril 1, 2019 1:14 pm

Decades of infighting among Parsippany Republicans led to Democratic mayors for 33 of the last 53 years in a solidly Republican town that once provided huge pluralities for GOP candidates running statewide and in Morris County. With intra-party quarrels on...

Americans for Prosperity grades New Jersey legislators

March 22, 2019 7:00 amMarch 22, 2019 12:07 am

Five New Jersey legislators – all Republicans – received an A grade by Americans for Prosperity – New Jersey, but eleven Republicans saw their grades since last year. Every Democrat in the legislature earned a failing grade. AFP-New Jersey released...