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Report: Committee probing Alvarez hire to meet twice next week

January 2, 2019 4:53 pm

The legislative panel investigating the Murphy administration’s hiring of Al Alvarez will hold two meetings next week to move through a long list of witnesses, according to a report by NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. The New Jersey Legislative Select...

Cammarano asked Alvarez to leave government in March

December 18, 2018 5:13 pmJanuary 4, 2019 10:26 am

Gov. Phil Murphy chief of staff Pete Cammarano on Tuesday said he asked former Schools Development Authority chief of staff Al Alvarez to find a job outside of state government on March 26, months before Alvarez was asked to do...

Cammarano: Alvarez hiring powers were restricted

December 18, 2018 4:50 pmDecember 18, 2018 5:18 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s outgoing chief of staff Pete Cammarano on Tuesday said Al Alvarez, formerly deputy director of personnel for Murphy’s transition, was stripped of his hiring power in December 2017. “Counsel told us that we should take action to...

Braz told Murphy chief of staff about Alvarez allegations

December 18, 2018 12:27 pmDecember 18, 2018 3:16 pm

Justin Braz, Gov. Phil Murphy’s deputy chief of staff for legislative affairs, was the first of five witnesses to testify before the Select Committee on Oversight. Braz, a close friend of New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency chief of...

Dems ask Hanlon to correct VBM letter

September 14, 2018 5:20 pmSeptember 14, 2018 5:39 pm

A lawyer for the New Jersey Democratic State Committee says that a letter from Monmouth County Clerk Christine Hanlon to vote-by-mail (VBM) voters is “legally incorrect and misleading” and wants her to clarify her statements. “There is no provision in...

Dems raise $400k at Murphy’s home

August 15, 2018 8:32 pmAugust 15, 2018 8:55 pm

The New Jersey Democratic State Committee raised about $400,000 at a fundraiser at the Middletown home of Tammy and Phil Murphy, boosting the state party coffers as Democrats seek to pick up as many as five congressional seats and look...