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Murphy names first Black Adjutant General

January 14, 2018 3:41 pm

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy has named Col. Jamal Beale as the new Adjutant General, a cabinet position. If confirmed by the Senate, Beale will become the first Black to head the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. Beale will replace...

Murphy has time to kill Transit deal

January 13, 2018 5:05 pm

The New Jersey Transit board meeting set for Monday to vote on a contentious property acquisition in Hoboken pits outgoing Gov. Chris Christie in a fight with his successor, Phil Murphy. It also sets up a potential conflict for a...

Murphy doubles down on Rapster

January 12, 2018 5:32 pm

Rapper Busta Rhymes, who will headline an event Sunday evening for Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, was accused of ethnic and homophobic slurs during an argument at a New York City gym in 2015. “You don’t know who I am! I’m Busta...

Murphy will decide Christie staff fate by Monday

January 12, 2018 5:11 pm

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy’s transition team will take the weekend to decide whether to accept or reject letters of resignation from political appointees of outgoing Gov. Chris Christie. In a letter to department heads, the Transition 2018 staff promised to make...

Report: Murphy picks Education Commissioner

January 12, 2018 9:56 am

POLITICO is reporting that Lamont Repollet, the Asbury Park Superintendent of Schools, is Gov.-elect Phil Murphy’s choice to be the Commissioner of Education. Repollet, 46, became the leader of the troubled Asbury Park public school system in 2014, after serving...

Controversial rapper at Murphy inaugural

January 12, 2018 8:39 am

Phil and Tammy Murphy founded and funded 2nd Floor, a confidential and anonymous helpline for kids and young adults in New Jersey — an organization that appears to have made a significant impact on peoples lives. That’s why it was...

The Murphy Inaugural Experience begins

January 11, 2018 11:22 pm

The Phil Murphy Inaugural Experience – their term, like it’s some kind of theme park adventure – begins at noon tomorrow with an Interfaith Prayer Service at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark. Several prominent members of...