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Businessman Barry Wilkes entering GOP State Assembly race in 38th district

November 21, 2022 8:03 amNovember 21, 2022 9:15 am

Former Glen Rock GOP Municipal Chairman Barry Wilkes, a businessman who built a chain of eleven family-owned delicatessens across Bergen and Passaic counties, is taking steps to seek the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 38th district next year....

Republicans seek recount in tight Mendham Township Committee race

November 17, 2022 2:59 pm

Democrats have declared victory for a seat on the Mendham Township Committee after leading by one vote, but Republicans released a statement today saying that the election remains unresolved and that they intend to seek a recount. “It is vital...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Assembly hearing floats potential methods to alleviate baby formula shortage

May 19, 2022 4:00 pm

Two days after Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency over the shortage of baby formula rocking the state and the nation, the Assembly Women and Children Committee held a hearing today to discuss potential ways New Jersey can...

ICYMI: Here’s what’s happened since Friday morning

January 17, 2022 12:04 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and State Sen. Jon Bramnick joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC this weekend. Don’t miss Wildstein on John Wallace and congressional redistricting. Click PLAY to listen: As...

Swain set to chair Assembly Appropriations Committee

January 14, 2022 12:01 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is expected to name Lisa Swain, a three-term Democrat from Bergen County, to chair the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Swain will replace John Burzichelli, who lost his bid for re-election to an 11th term last November. The...

Lagana, Swain, Tully win in the 38th district

November 2, 2021 8:30 pmDecember 21, 2021 10:21 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus), Assemblywoman Lisa Swain (D-Fair Lawn), and Assemblyman Christopher Tully (D-Bergenfield) have won re-election to the 38th legislative district. Lagana beat Richard Garcia, the president of the Newark Board...