Gov. Phil Murphy’s name may appear on tax rebate checks homeowners and New Jerseyans with dependents are set to receive under tax relief provisions in the coming fiscal year’s budget. “Names on the checks, I don’t know if we’ve made...
Gov. Phil Murphy’s 15-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in today’s Fairleigh Dickinson University poll shows a closer race than he had during his first campaign for governor four years ago. Murphy is ahead, 48%-33%, according to the FDU poll....
Webster B. Todd, Jr., a former assemblyman, Nixon White House aide, and the brother of former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, has died. He was 82. Known as Dan Todd, he was a member of one of New Jersey’s most prominent...
Somerset County had been a Republican bulwark in New Jersey politics for as long as anyone has been alive, but the retirement of Kip Bateman gives Democrats a chance, if not an edge, to win their first State Senate election...
State Sen. Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Branchburg) will not seek re-election to his 16th district State Senate seat, a move that gives Democrats an edge to flip a Republican State Senate seat. Bateman, 63, confirmed his retirement to the New Jersey...
Madaline Williams (1894-1968) was the first Black woman to serve in the New Jersey Legislature. She was elected to the State Assembly in 1957 and re-elected in 1959. An East Orange, Democrat, she was elected Essex County Register of Deeds...
Bob Waller, a former Middletown mayor, died on May 15. He was 88. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Waller was elected to the Middletown Township Committee as a Republican in 1981. In January 1984, he secured the votes of two...