Loretta Weinberg Archives - New Jersey Globe

Verizon closing Fios1 local news channel

August 19, 2019 5:00 pm

Verizon will close its Fios1 News channel in November, leading to the layoff of almost 150 employees of the RNN. Fios 1 provided local news coverage for Verizon cable subscribers in New Jersey. The Journal News, Gannett’s Westchester-based newspaper, was...

Murphy hopes to speak at Christie public policy institute

August 19, 2019 3:16 pm

Though he frequently uses his predecessor as a political punching bag, Gov. Phil Murphy had nothing negative to say about former Gov Chris Christie opening a public policy center focused on civility in politics. “I wish him nothing but the...

Bridgegate committee co-chairs raise eyebrows at Christie institute

August 16, 2019 12:52 pmAugust 18, 2019 2:44 am

The co-chairs of the committee that investigated the biggest scandal of Gov. Chris Christie’s tenure are eyeing Christie’s new public policy institute with raised eyebrows. “I think those of us who are familiar with Gov. Christie’s civility over the eight...

Murphy offers tepid support for interstate tax incentives ceasefire

August 15, 2019 1:57 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy offered tepid support for a interstate tax incentives ceasefire between New Jersey and its neighbors Thursday. “As a broader matter, yes. The European Union has done that, so one country cannot use tax incentives to compete with...

Interstate tax credit ceasefire idea floated

August 15, 2019 9:08 amAugust 15, 2019 1:42 pm

A New Jersey Policy Perspective official is pointing to an interstate corporate subsidy ceasefire between two midwestern states as a possible solution to New Jersey businesses threatening relocation in exchange for tax credits. The governors of Missouri and Kansas have...

Weinberg, Sarlo want O’Toole to stay as Port Authority chairman

July 31, 2019 10:56 amJuly 31, 2019 11:01 am

Two powerful Bergen County Democratic Senators wants Gov. Phil Murphy to keep Kevin O’Toole as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and Jersey. “I expressed confidence in Kevin O’Toole’s leadership several times over the last few months, said...

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2019 8:02 amJuly 29, 2019 3:50 pm

Today is the 58th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...