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Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 19, 2026 12:15 amJanuary 18, 2026 8:58 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Y. Oliver

January 20, 2025 12:33 amJanuary 19, 2025 9:30 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Trailblazer: Sheila Y. Oliver

January 15, 2024 12:19 amJanuary 14, 2024 4:47 pm

Sheila Oliver was New Jersey’s trailblazing two-term lieutenant governor who became the first woman of color to serve as Assembly Speaker and the first to win a statewide election, spent 27 years in public office as a fierce advocate for...

Mapping out senatorial courtesy in the new legislature

November 10, 2023 4:28 pm

Most voters probably don’t know it, but when they cast their votes for New Jersey’s 40 state senators on Tuesday, they also indirectly voted for the slate of state cabinet and judicial nominees from their county that will come before...

McKeon, Burgess, Ruiz, Timberlake win as Essex Democrats hold four legislative districts

November 7, 2023 8:30 pmNovember 7, 2023 8:41 pm

Democrats in Essex County have retained control of four legislative districts – the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 34th – with lots of new faces headed to the legislature from heavily redrawn districts, the New Jersey Globe projects. In the 27th...

Murphy nominates Zimmerman to be permanent DOBI commissioner

September 6, 2023 12:30 pmSeptember 6, 2023 2:35 pm

After just over two months as acting commissioner, Justin Zimmerman was officially nominated by Gov. Phil Murphy this morning to be the permanent commissioner of the state Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI), succeeding former Commissioner Marlene Caride. Zimmerman had...

Polistina, Singer express openness to voting for budget

June 26, 2023 5:29 pm

With a deal on the New Jersey state budget coming together, two moderate Republican senators, State Sens. Vince Polistina (R-Egg Harbor) and Bob Singer (R-Lakewood), are both sounding open to the idea of voting in favor of the ultimate budget...