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Sweeney attacks Murphy over budget ‘tantrums’

June 26, 2019 5:18 pmJune 27, 2019 9:55 am

Senate President Steve Sweeney is dialing up tensions with Gov. Phil Murphy. In a release sent out Wednesday headed “Sweeney responds to Murphy’s tantrums,” the senate president blasted the governor for a series of unspecified, purportedly false statements he said...

de Koninck nominated for Reed Award

January 15, 2019 10:50 amJanuary 16, 2019 5:43 pm

A direct mail piece designed by Montclair-based political consultants Henry de Koninck and Matthew Krayton, owners of Publitics Political, has been nominated for two Reed Awards for his work in opposition to a 2018 school referendum in Camden. Camden voters...

Opinion: On collective bargaining anniversary, unions matter more than ever

September 13, 2018 10:45 amSeptember 13, 2018 1:52 pm

Fifty years ago today, on September 13, 1968, New Jersey public employees gained the legal right to collectively bargain with their employers. The politics around labor rights were very different then; the Public Employment Relations Act that granted those rights...

Judge says Grenier violated law

September 4, 2018 10:20 pm

A Superior Court Judge has ruled that former Salem County Republican Chairman Fran Grenier violated state election laws by accepting $220,000 from the estate of a deceased Republican supporter. Judge Ann McDonald ordered Grenier and the county party organization to...

Grenier resigns as County Chairman

February 27, 2018 9:10 amFebruary 28, 2018 4:24 pm

Fran Grenier, whose bid to unseat Senate President Steve Sweeney triggered what may be the most expensive legislative race in American history, has resigned as Salem County Republican Chairman. Republicans are expected to pick a new county chairman at the...

Salem GOP’s pot of gold

February 2, 2018 12:15 am

Did Salem County Republicans get a vig on Fran Grenier’s State Senate race against Steve Sweeney last year? One year ago, the Salem County GOP had $19,280 cash on hand. Now their warchest is more than ten times hat —...

NJEA foe backing Sherrill

February 1, 2018 12:19 am

One of the donors to Mikie Sherrill’s campaign for Congress is Christopher Cerf, who served as Gov. Chris Christie’s Commissioner of Education and as his hand-picked Newark Superintendent of Schools. In a normal environment, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)...