Kevin McCabe Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Democrats condemn Monroe GOP candidate for offensive Facebook posts

October 14, 2021 6:41 pm

After a New Jersey Globe story this morning drew attention to bizarre and offensive Facebook posts found on the account of Steve Martin, the Republican nominee for mayor in Monroe Township, a bevy of Central Jersey Democrats have released statements...

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

September 6, 2021 12:09 amSeptember 5, 2021 6:03 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...

McCabe easily wins re-election as Middlesex Democratic chairman

June 22, 2021 7:37 pm

Kevin McCabe scored a landslide re-election victory tonight, defeating Charlie Kratovil for the second consecutive year in a race for Middlesex County Democratic Chairman. McCabe beat Kratovil, 535-67, an 89%-11% margin, to win a ninth one-year term as head of...

With assurances of retaining O’Toole as chairman, Senate Judiciary unanimously advanced three Port Authority nominees

May 13, 2021 2:39 pmMay 13, 2021 2:46 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously released three nominees to the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Thursday. Dana Martinotti, Michelle Richardson and Robert Menendez Jr., the son of New Jersey’s senior U.S. Senator, are expected...

The O’Toole Chronicles: Captain’s Log, Planet Trenton

May 13, 2021 9:00 amMay 18, 2021 11:35 am

May 13, 2021, 9:00 a.m. — seas calm, winds favorable. The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee has requested my appearance. It has been 1,521 days since I last testified before the Committee, and I look forward to it. My purpose is...