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DiVincenzo endorses Murphy for re-election

January 13, 2020 8:27 amJanuary 13, 2020 10:57 am

Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for re-election next year, a move that indicates a thawing between the Essex-South Jersey Democratic alliance and almost certainly clinches Murphy’s chances of winning a Democratic primary. “I wanted to...

Groups sue over Newark water

August 14, 2019 11:21 am

The Newark Education Workers Caucus and the Natural Resources Defense Council will argue Newark must provide residents with safe drinking water before a U.S. District Court judge Thursday. Earlier this week, residents in Newark’s Pequannock service area began receiving bottled...

Jim Bouton, McGovern delegate from New Jersey and New York Yankees pitcher, dies

July 10, 2019 9:48 pmJuly 11, 2019 6:04 am

Jim Bouton, a former New York Yankees pitcher and best-selling author who died on Wednesday, was a New Jersey delegate to the 1972 Democratic National Convention pledged to George McGovern. Bouton refused to vote for McGovern’s vice presidential pick, Thomas...

Murphy to talk Amazon

January 29, 2018 10:24 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will go on CNBC this afternoon to talk about Newark’s bid to land Amazon’s new corporate headquarters, even though Amazon has asked the twenty finalists in the race to land 50,000 new jobs to complete the next...