Micah Rasmussen Archives - New Jersey Globe

In fight to win Assembly seat, Gunderman takes a vacation

July 11, 2019 6:21 pmJuly 11, 2019 6:51 pm

When Gov. Phil Murphy visited Westfield in June to talk gun safety days after a man was arrested in the parking lot of a local school holding a .45-caliber handgun with an arsenal of hollow-point bullets, Democratic Assembly candidate Stacey...

Westfield gun scare could hurt Bramnick re-election

June 16, 2019 11:43 amJune 17, 2019 8:43 am

The arrest of a man found in a parking lot of a Westfield elementary school holding a .45-caliber handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets will likely impact an already competitive race for State Assembly in the 21st district, where one of...

Phil Murphy, incoming DGA chairman, won’t say he backs pro-life, pro-gun Democrats in Louisiana, Mississippi

May 28, 2019 5:32 pmMay 29, 2019 9:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, slated to head the Democratic Governors Association in January, refused to say if he’ll support Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Louisiana and Mississippi who support abortion restrictions and oppose gun control. Murphy on Tuesday sidestepped a...

Woman condemned for misogynistic comments aimed at rival

May 21, 2019 4:28 pmMay 21, 2019 10:41 pm

Isabella Alfano is facing sharp criticism for alleging that her opponent in the Republican primary for Morris County Surrogate advanced her political career through a romantic relationship with a former GOP officeholder. Alfano faces Freeholder Heather Darling and Assemblyman Michael...

EDA Task Force refuses to say if they’re using personal e-mails

May 16, 2019 12:03 pmMay 16, 2019 4:14 pm

A task force named by Gov. Phil Murphy to investigate tax incentives approved by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority refuses to say if they are conducting government business using personal e-mails or if their process for records retention is...

Jersey City on the hook for Fulop feud with Trump in-laws

May 7, 2019 12:07 pmMay 7, 2019 2:40 pm

Jersey City mayor Steven Fulop’s personal political vendetta against the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has suddenly become expensive for Jersey City as a Superior Court Judge ordered the city to pay nearly $96,000 in legal expenses after losing...

Sherrill challenger has never lived in New Jersey

April 8, 2019 4:23 pmApril 8, 2019 4:36 pm

If you want to be Stephen Colbert’s congressman, you’d better know your district. That might be a problem for Reinier Prijten, who announced last week that he would challenge freshman Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) in New Jersey’s 11th district, where...