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2024 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2024 12:14 pmJanuary 3, 2025 10:34 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2024 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version. Do you know what they call a presidential election in New Jersey? The opening act of a gubernatorial campaign....

Kris Kolluri will head N.J. Transit for remainder of Murphy’s term

December 9, 2024 2:49 pmDecember 9, 2024 2:51 pm

Former New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Kris Kolluri will serve as president and CEO of New Jersey Transit to succeed Kevin Corbett, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Corbett announced today that he was stepping down after nearly seven years at...

Officials hope to get long-term answers to NJ Transit struggles next month

October 23, 2024 4:56 pmOctober 23, 2024 5:40 pm

Less than two weeks before the election, congressional Democrats toured New Jersey Transit’s plagued Northeast Corridor with Amtrak and NJ Transit leaders — but they said answers on the railway issues are still a month away. Reps. Frank Pallone (D-Long...

Auth, Gutierrez-Scaccetti, Corbett holding town hall Tuesday evening

October 6, 2020 6:17 pmOctober 7, 2020 2:29 pm

Assemblyman Bob Auth will hold a town hall with Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti and NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett Tuesday evening. The virtual event, which begins at 7 p.m. and will be streamed on the assemblyman’s governmental Facebook page, will...

GOP still attacking Draeger for being a real farmer

September 18, 2020 6:43 pm

Republicans have returned to using a previously-debunked attack on a Democratic Assembly candidate who works full-time as a farmer at her home in rural Chester. In 2019, then-Assembly candidate Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) accused Draeger of being a tax cheat...

NJ Transit unveils 5-year, 10-year plans

June 8, 2020 6:30 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced five- and ten-year plans for New Jersey Transit that will include billions of dollars in spending on infrastructure improvements and new cars and trains Monday. “Before our current public health emergency, we made critical investments and...

Sparks fly at NJ Transit hearing

February 21, 2020 3:51 pmFebruary 22, 2020 9:52 am

The Senate Select Committee on NJ Transit’s fourth hearing was dominated by drama and an adversarial dynamic between NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett and some of the body’s members. Senate President Steve Sweeney repeatedly reamed Corbett for coming alone, without...