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Statements on the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

May 3, 2022 10:46 amMay 4, 2022 1:57 pm

Last night, Politico released a leaked draft majority opinion written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 case that established the constitutional right to abortion. Though the draft is not necessarily final...

Poll: New Jerseyans back moving 2024 presidential primary to February

April 7, 2022 11:02 amApril 7, 2022 11:12 am

A majority of New Jerseyans support moving the 2024 presidential primary from June to February in order to be among the first in the nation and expand the state’s influence in the presidential nomination process, a new Monmouth University Poll...

Robert Bowser, East Orange mayor for four terms, dies at 85

April 2, 2022 9:15 pm

Robert L. Bowser, who served as the mayor of East Orange for sixteen years and fought to reduce crime in his city, died on Saturday. He was 85. Bowser won his first term in 1997 after defeating Freeholder Sheila Oliver...

Carchman says he’d decided against splitting Jersey City before Fulop letter

February 26, 2022 6:56 pm

The decision to not split Jersey City into more than two legislative districts was made before Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop weighed in on the issue, according to Philip Carchman, the former appellate court judge who was the court-appointed Apportionment...

February 26, 2022: Judge Philip Carchman, Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Essex GOP Chairman Al Barlas, and Rep. Chris Smith

February 26, 2022 5:49 pm

Former Appellate Court Judge Philip Carchman, Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr. and Essex County Republican Chairman Al Barlas, along with Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-Manchester), joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio...

Carchman, Jones, Barlas and Smith join Wildstein on the NJ Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

February 26, 2022 12:01 amFebruary 26, 2022 5:50 pm

Former Appellate Court Judge Philip Carchman, Democratic State Chairman LeRoy Jones, Jr. and Essex County Republican Chairman Al Barlas, along with Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-Manchester), will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk...

Murphy not ready to take sides in Democratic Senate primaries

February 23, 2022 4:36 pmFebruary 23, 2022 4:55 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sidestepped a question about taking sides in Democratic State Senate primaries between Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen) and Brian Stack (D-Union City) in Hudson County and Richard Codey (D-Roseland) and Nia Gill (D-Montclair) in an Essex/Passaic district. “No...