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November 28, 2020: Former Gov. Richard Codey and Union City Mayor Brian Stack

November 28, 2020 6:26 pm

Click the play button to listen to the New Jersey Globe Power Hour for November 29, 2020. Host David Wildstein, the editor of the New Jersey Globe, speaks with former New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey and Union City Mayor Brian...

West Orange residents weren’t told their mail was in a dumpster

October 5, 2020 9:12 pmOctober 5, 2020 10:06 pm

West Orange isn’t getting answers to how some their mail wound up in a dumpster in North Arlington. “We haven’t heard from the post office yet,” said Robert Parisi, the mayor of West Orange. “I think we should have heard...

Three Bergen senators back Sweeney for re-election as Senate President

September 29, 2020 3:13 pmSeptember 29, 2020 9:57 pm

Three Bergen County Democratic senators today endorsed Steve Sweeney for re-election as Senate President for a term that would begin in 2022, a move that comes as some Democrats mull a challenge for one of the most powerful posts in...

N.J. election law now allows some dead people to vote in upcoming election

September 25, 2020 9:09 amSeptember 25, 2020 2:01 pm

Brendan Byrne’s joke about deceased New Jerseyans voting from their graves has been around for years, but now it might actually be legal. A new law allowing county election officials to begin counting vote-by-mail ballots ten days before Election Day...

Murphy to name union leaders to School Development Authority board

September 14, 2020 2:26 pmSeptember 14, 2020 8:17 pm

Governor Phil Murphy is naming three labors to serve on the New Jersey Schools Development Authority Board of Directors. The New Jersey Globe has learned that Murphy will nominate IBEW Local 164 business manager Daniel Gumble, NJ Laborers’ official Francisco...

Codey tells BPU to hold hearing on JCP&L power issues

August 11, 2020 10:51 amAugust 12, 2020 4:52 pm

State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Roseland) wants the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to haul JCP&L executive in for a hearing to learn more about storm resiliency deficiencies and slow restoration schedule following Tropical Storm Isaias. Codey, who served as...

Kean says he regrets 2010 vote against gay marriage

June 30, 2020 11:00 amJune 30, 2020 12:37 pm

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) says he regrets his vote against legalizing gay marriage in New Jersey when it came up for a vote in the State Senate in 2010. “I was wrong in my vote when the...