Micah Rasmussen Archives - New Jersey Globe

Is New Jersey about to face a reckoning over abortion access?

May 20, 2022 4:44 pmMay 23, 2022 1:03 am

When Gov. Phil Murphy debuted his proposals for expanding abortion access in New Jersey last week, it was something of a triumphant moment for the governor and his allies. With the U.S. Supreme Court potentially prepared to overturn Roe v....

Anonymous super PAC trying to influence NJ-5 GOP primary

May 20, 2022 1:50 pmMay 23, 2022 1:03 am

An unregistered, dark money super PAC has sent out a mailer to Republican primary voters in New Jersey’s 5th district in what looks like another bid to help pick a weaker general election opponent for Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff). “A...

Princeton council retreats from cannabis sales controversey

May 18, 2022 2:02 pmMay 18, 2022 5:32 pm

In a classic NIMBY move, an ostensibly timid but self-proclaimed progressive Princeton Township Council has caved to public pressure and punted on a decision to permit a local cannabis dispensary, according to a report by TAPinto Princeton, which covered a...

Should the Mercer County Board of Commissioners switch to a district-based system?

March 18, 2022 4:41 pmMarch 21, 2022 8:53 am

Had Elvin Montero won the Mercer County Democratic Party’s endorsement two nights ago for one of two seats on the Mercer County Board of Commissioners, he would have been the first Latino ever elected countywide. Had Yan Mei Wang won,...

Pro-life Democrat says personal views won’t interfere with government role if he wins

March 18, 2022 10:41 amMarch 18, 2022 11:59 am

A candidate for the Democratic nomination for Dover alderman believes he can separate his personal views on abortion from his actions as an elected official. Marcos Tapia, Sr. lost his seat in the 2021 primary by six votes after Gov....

N.J. Republicans win two special elections in towns Biden carried

March 16, 2022 5:49 pm

Republicans have won two local elections in New Jersey this year in towns that Joe Biden carried in 2020, something that could be a harbinger of where the state is headed during the 2022 mid-term elections. The GOP flipped a...

Platkin confirmation could be boosted by Codey vs. Gill Senate primary

February 28, 2022 6:47 pm

A new legislative map that places two Democratic state senators from Essex County into the same legislative district could advance the Senate confirmation of Matt Platkin for attorney general Montclair, the Essex County municipality with the most Democratic primary votes...