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Lawmaker will seek to impeach corrections commissioner over prison abuse scandal

February 5, 2021 7:02 pmFebruary 6, 2021 1:22 pm

Assemblywoman Jean Stanfield is planning to initiate impeachment proceedings against state Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks over allegations of beatings and sexual assaults at a woman’s prison he ran. Stanfield’s move to ask the State Assembly to impeach a member of...

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N.J. Supreme Court: The McGreevey and Corzine Courts

June 7, 2020 10:11 pmJune 7, 2020 11:20 pm

Gov. Christine Todd Whitman resigned in February 2001 to join President George W. Bush’s cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Senate President Donald DiFrancesco succeeded her as governor, but no seats on the New Jersey Supreme Court...

N.J. Supreme Court: The Whitman Court

June 7, 2020 10:08 pmJune 7, 2020 11:19 pm

By the time Tom Kean left office in January 1989, the oldest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court was Robert Clifford, who would not reach the mandatory retirement age of 70 until 1994. With no unanticipated vacancies, Gov. Jim...

Payne endorses Jones for Democratic State Chairman

November 19, 2019 1:50 pmNovember 19, 2019 2:39 pm

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) has endorsed LeRoy Jones, Jr. for New Jersey Democratic State Chairman. Payne had previously told the New Jersey Globe that he wasn’t ready to choose between Jones and the incumbent, John Currie. “I honestly believe...

Stonewalling on Alvarez won’t help Murphy, O’Scanlon says

February 7, 2019 5:04 pm

State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) on Thursday said Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration isn’t well-served by the mystery swirling around the identity of the person who hired former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez. “This ridiculous circling of...

Murphy leans on past statements after surprise Alvarez question

February 6, 2019 8:27 pmFebruary 7, 2019 8:39 am

Gov. Phil Murphy fell back on statements released over the past two days when asked a surprise question about former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez during a telephone town hall Wednesday night. A caller going by the...

Brennan smacks Murphy administration

February 6, 2019 6:44 pm

Katie Brennan today slammed the Murphy administration for a “gross misuse of confidentiality.” “When I alerted the transition, they used confidentiality to prevent an investigation. When I wanted to tell the Governor, they invoked confidentiality to stop him from knowing....