Phil Murphy Archives - Page 489 of 527

Bramnick won’t grant Democrats emergency vote

June 29, 2018 11:49 amJune 30, 2018 8:11 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick all but guaranteed a government shutdown on Friday, when he announced that he would not help to move any budget Democratic lawmakers put forth on an emergency basis. “We are going to have a technical...

Highway Authority authorizes $6.5M for outside counsel

June 29, 2018 10:47 amJune 30, 2018 8:10 pm

The New Jersey Highway Authority this week approved legal work of up to $6.5 million for ten politically connected New Jersey law firms, including the designation of DeCotiis, Fitzpatrick, Cole & Giblin as the authority counsel. Sills Cummis & Gross...

Lengthy meeting between lawmakers ends without a deal

June 28, 2018 7:12 pmJune 29, 2018 4:23 pm

A meeting between legislative leaders and Gov. Phil Murphy that ran for roughly two hours and fifteen minutes – the longest such meeting in recent days – ended without a deal reached on Thursday. “We had a good meeting and...

News organization blurs line between attack ad and editorial content

June 28, 2018 3:19 pmJune 29, 2018 4:23 pm

A new digital attack ad launched today criticizing the governor and legislative leaders for facing a state government shutdown. With grainy photos and ominous music, it looks like any ordinary negative ad. Photos that make Chris Christie and Phil Murphy...

Murphy nonplussed by increasingly public nature of budget fight

June 28, 2018 3:10 pmJune 29, 2018 4:23 pm

Gov. Murphy first learned about legislative leaders’ proposal to tax short-term rental homes during Senate President Steve Sweeney’s press conference on Wednesday. Murphy himself did not inform legislative leaders of his displeasure with the measure before telling reporters he was...

Zaro unhappy with Murphy over secondary legal role

June 28, 2018 12:09 pmJune 29, 2018 10:48 am

There’s some trouble brewing between Gov. Phil Murphy and Jerry Zaro, his appointee to the Gateway Program Development Corporation. Zaro wanted his law firm, Sills Cummis & Gross, to become general counsel to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, and source...

Murphy opposes Jersey Shore rental tax

June 28, 2018 12:03 pmJune 29, 2018 10:48 am

Gov. Phil Murphy indicated Thursday morning that he wasn’t keen to sign off on the short-term rental tax proposed by legislators on Wednesday. “Let’s lay off the middle class. Let’s invest in the middle class,” Murphy said. “I saw what...