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N.J. Supreme Court: The Kean Court

June 7, 2020 10:05 pmJune 7, 2020 11:02 pm

Brendan Byrne’s Supreme Court makeover — a Chief Justice and three younger than usual Associate Justices — plus William Cahill’s pick of 49-year-old Robert Clifford — meant that Gov. Thomas Kean would get to name only two Supreme Court Justices...

Labor Leader: George Norcross spent 16 years as South Jersey AFL-CIO president

September 2, 2019 1:04 amSeptember 1, 2019 11:58 pm

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent his career as a labor leader. Norcross served as president of the...

Senator Alene Ammond, the Terror of Trenton, dies at 86

June 13, 2019 4:04 pmJune 14, 2019 7:33 am

Alene Ammond, known as the “Terror of Trenton” during her four years representing Camden County in the New Jersey State Senate, has died. She was 86. Ammond, a 40-year-old Cherry Hill activist, was elected to the Senate in 1973 to...

The story of the Terror of Trenton

November 16, 2018 3:51 pmNovember 17, 2018 5:13 am

Rep.-elect Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) was anti-establishment right out of the box, including a reported fight over climate change with New Jersey’s Frank Pallone, putting the new congresswoman in the national limelight during the House freshman orientation this week in...

Spearman raises $11k in bid to hold Barclay Assembly seat

October 21, 2018 3:09 pm

Assemblyman William Spearman (D-Camden), who won a special election to the 5th district seat after Arthur Barclay resigned after being arrested on domestic violence charges, has raised $11,500 and has $4,384 cash-on-hand. Nicholas Kush, the Republican candidate, has not reported...