Kevin McCabe Archives - New Jersey Globe

How is Trenton reacting to Sam Thompson’s party switch? Cautiously.

February 13, 2023 4:22 pmFebruary 13, 2023 11:43 pm

State Sen. Sam Thompson (D-Old Bridge)’s dramatic and unexpected party switch from Republican to Democrat was the talk of Trenton today, with legislators from both parties exhibiting various stages of excitement, shock, dismay, and confusion in conversations up and down...

Governor to name Helmy, Kelley, Bollwage to Port Authority

January 19, 2023 8:00 amJanuary 19, 2023 4:54 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate two of his top staffers, George Helmy and Joe Kelley, and Elizabeth Mayor Christian Bollwage, to serve as commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New Jersey Globe has learned....

Labor Leader: Lewis Bryant was the first N.J. Commissioner of Labor

September 5, 2022 12:00 amSeptember 4, 2022 3:32 pm

Lewis T. Bryant was New Jersey’s first Commissioner of Labor. After the New Jersey Legislature created the Department of Labor in 1904 – the predecessor position was Inspector of Factories and Workshops — Gov. Franklin Murphy nominated Bryant to fill...

Statements on the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022 10:29 amJune 25, 2022 2:34 pm

As has been anticipated for nearly two months, the U.S. Supreme Court released its 6-3 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this morning, striking down the constitutional right to abortion that was first established in Roe v. Wade....

Stack raises over $450,000 at fundraiser last week

April 3, 2022 6:53 pm

Union City Mayor Brian Stack raised over $450,000 at a gala on Thursday evening that attracted some of the state’s most powerful elected officials. Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Middlesex County Democratic Chairman Kevin McCabe and top...

Jill Biden stops in Edison to stump for Murphy

October 15, 2021 4:58 pmOctober 15, 2021 5:33 pm

First Lady Jill Biden came to Edison today to hold a rally with Gov. Phil Murphy, Lieutenant Gov. Sheila Oliver, and a number of other New Jersey Democrats in advance of the beginning of the state’s early voting period next...

Congresswoman slams Monroe GOP candidate for anti-Semitic posts

October 15, 2021 11:59 amOctober 15, 2021 5:11 pm

A Republican mayoral candidate in Monroe Township is under fire for a series of objectionable Facebook posts that mocked Holocaust victims in a series of memes that including a photo of Nazi soldiers loading Jews onto box cars headed for...