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Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 6, 2021 12:10 amSeptember 4, 2021 3:48 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...

Five N.J. governors have avoided re-election primaries and Murphy is one of them

June 6, 2021 10:34 pm

Seeking to become the first Democratic governor to win a second term in 44 years, Gov. Phil is expected to get more than 99% of the primary election vote on Tuesday – with only a handful of write-in votes stopping...

Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 18, 2021 12:19 amJanuary 17, 2021 11:31 pm

Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...

Labor Leader: Joel Jacobson picked a public fight with Frank Sinatra

September 7, 2020 12:01 amSeptember 6, 2020 10:51 pm

One of the great New Jersey fights of the 1970s was between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack before their performance at the Golden Nugget Casino in Atlantic City in...

Happy Birthday, Jim Florio

August 29, 2020 8:16 pmAugust 30, 2020 12:02 am

Happy Birthday to former Gov. Jim Florio, who turned 83 today. Florio has been a fixture in New Jersey politics since 1969, when he won a seat in the New Jersey. He spent fifteen years as a congressman from South...

Most incumbent governors face primary challenges

January 29, 2020 10:48 amJanuary 29, 2020 10:54 am

Gov. Phil Murphy could face a challenge from former Assistant Attorney General Shavar Jeffries in the 2021 Democratic gubernatorial primary, a move that is not unusual in New Jersey. Six of the last ten governors faced primaries in their bids...

Trailblazer: Senator Wynona Lipman

January 20, 2020 1:00 amJanuary 20, 2020 12:50 am

Wynona M. Lipman (1923-1999) was the first African American woman to serve in the New Jersey State Senate. She served as a Senator from 1972 until her death in 1999. Born in Georgia, she was a Fulbright scholar studying at...