Kevin Walsh Archives - New Jersey Globe

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Davenport gains backing of 100+ ex-federal prosecutors for Senate confirmation

February 2, 2026 7:00 amFebruary 2, 2026 10:31 am

A group of over 100 former federal prosecutors, including six former U.S. Attorneys and three former state attorneys general, are urging the confirmation of Jennifer Davenport as the 57th Attorney General of New Jersey. Davenport, who was nominated by Gov....

Sherrill names ex-prosecutor Shirley Emehelu as State Comptroller

January 2, 2026 12:30 pmJanuary 7, 2026 9:58 am

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has tapped Shirley Emehelu, a former federal and state prosecutor who served as a top aide to Attorney General Matt Platkin, as the next New Jersey State Comptroller, a post the State Senate tried to substantially weaken...

Murphy launches final nominations push as time dwindles

December 12, 2025 1:05 pmJanuary 29, 2026 4:10 pm

On Monday, the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee will meet and conduct its part of a time-honored tradition: the last-minute slew of nominations from an outgoing governor. Governors-elect, hoping to keep open as many options as possible, resent the notion that...

Kim’s battle against N.J. comptroller bill goes national

December 5, 2025 4:27 pmDecember 7, 2025 5:05 pm

It’s rare for testimony in a New Jersey State Senate hearing to make national news, but State Sen. Jim Beach (D-Oaklyn) found a way. In a Monday committee hearing on a controversial bill that would hobble the state comptroller’s office...

In contentious hearing, Senate panel clears bill to move investigatory powers from comptroller to SCI

December 1, 2025 6:10 pmDecember 1, 2025 6:46 pm

In a contentious hearing, the state Senate’s State Government Committee unanimously approved an oversight reform bill that would transfer much of the investigatory authority of the state comptroller to the State Commission of Investigation, a proposal that’s drawn ire from...

Senate will consider moving key State Comptroller powers to SCI in lame duck

November 12, 2025 10:27 amNovember 12, 2025 4:33 pm

Senate Democrats are expected to move legislation during the lame duck session that would transfer the investigatory power of the State Comptroller’s office to the State Commission of Investigation, but a move to make the New Jersey State Police a...