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Hudson Democrats charge Ciattarelli attempting to politicize Cuba protests

July 13, 2021 5:48 pm

A series of Democratic lawmakers with ties to the state’s Cuban community slammed GOP gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli for an attack he leveraged at Gov. Phil Murphy over protests against the island nation’s government. “After supporting the rhetoric and bigotry...

Legislative Latino Caucus celebrates Oct. 5 census deadline

September 30, 2020 12:43 pm

The Legislative Latino Caucus celebrated Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s announcement saying the Census Bureau would continue its counts until Oct. 5. “We are grateful the Secretary of Commerce made the decision to extend the Census until October 5. The Census...

Hudson Democrats backing Murphy borrowing plan

May 30, 2020 8:26 pmMay 30, 2020 8:30 pm

The entire nine-member Hudson County legislative delegation announced on Saturday evening that they will support Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to borrow $9 billion to help the state deal with the fiscal crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Hudson County Executive...

Grilo takes over for Hudson’s longest-serving mayor

January 5, 2020 6:19 pmJanuary 5, 2020 6:57 pm

Dina Grilo took office on Friday as the mayor of East Newark, six months after unseating Hudson County’s longest-serving mayor in the Democratic primary. Grilo, a 47-year-old financial services executive, defeated Joseph Smith by a vote of 175 to 144. ...

Sacco gets landfill to close

December 20, 2019 8:51 amDecember 21, 2019 8:46 am

The Keegan Landfill in Kearny will close under terms proposed in legislation by State Sen. Nicholas Sacco (D-North Bergen) and two Hudson Assembly members. The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, which owns the Meadowlands-based landfill, passed a resolution on...

Latino clergy endorses Coughlin, other incumbents

October 30, 2019 6:27 pm

Eight Democratic legislators, including Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, today won the endorsement of the New Jersey Latino Pastors and Ministers Coalition. The group of 375 pastors and ministers representing 37,500 parishioners in over 330 parishes, across the state is backing...

Zwicker is lone competitive district Assembly candidate to get Latino Action Network endorsement

October 14, 2019 9:57 am

The Latino Action Network has endorsed 29 Democrats for State Assembly but declined to take sides in nearly all the competitive races in next month’s mid-term elections after most of the candidates simply declined to fill out their questionnaire. “If...