Lizette Delgado-Polanco Archives

Four women Democratic county chairs are open to a new state chairman

September 28, 2019 12:28 pmSeptember 29, 2019 6:11 pm

In the first real movement in the race for Democratic State Chair since April, a group of four women Democratic county chairs agreed in a private meeting this week that they are open to a change of leadership at the...

Murphy declines to say who hired Dye

August 22, 2019 12:35 pmAugust 23, 2019 2:12 am

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say who hired Jeffrey Dye, a Department of Labor official who was fired after the New Jersey Globe first reported he made a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on social media. “I’ve said all...

Steinhardt calls on Murphy to break silence on Dye hiring

August 21, 2019 4:40 pm

New Jersey Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt called for Gov. Phil Murphy to break his silence on the hiring — and subsequent firing — of a political appointee who made a series of inflammatory statements on social media. “Governor Murphy...

DeCroce calls for action on bill to abolish SDA

July 26, 2019 1:10 pm

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce is pushing a bill to abolish the Schools Development Authority, an agency that earlier this week fired 30 employees whose were hired in violation of state ethics guidelines. “The SDA has had a long and troubled history...

Schools Development Authority: Outside legal reviews and audit

July 23, 2019 1:07 pm

Murphy has no allies on SCI

May 2, 2019 5:10 amMay 2, 2019 9:39 am

In it’s heyday, the State Commission of Investigation was so intimidating that the mere visit from an investigator or subpoena to appear could reliably scare the crap out of someone. If the Bergen Record’s sources are accurate, the SCI is...

Labor group honors Peg Schaffer

April 28, 2019 8:22 pm

Democratic state vice chair Peg Schaffer received the Hubert H. Humphrey Friend of Labor award from the Middlesex-Somerset AFL-CIO labor council. Wayne Martiak, the business representative for IBEW 456, said that Schaffer “has for years stood alongside labor, fighting for...