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Princeton council retreats from cannabis sales controversey

May 18, 2022 2:02 pmMay 18, 2022 5:32 pm

In a classic NIMBY move, an ostensibly timid but self-proclaimed progressive Princeton Township Council has caved to public pressure and punted on a decision to permit a local cannabis dispensary, according to a report by TAPinto Princeton, which covered a...

N.J. Republicans win two special elections in towns Biden carried

March 16, 2022 5:49 pm

Republicans have won two local elections in New Jersey this year in towns that Joe Biden carried in 2020, something that could be a harbinger of where the state is headed during the 2022 mid-term elections. The GOP flipped a...

October 9, 2021: Lt. Governor Debate with Diane Allen and Sheila Oliver

October 9, 2021 5:00 pmOctober 16, 2021 5:58 pm

The candidates for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey – Republican Diane Allen and Democrat Sheila Oliver, participated in their first and only debate on October 5. It was live streamed on social media and aired on Talk Radio 77 WABC...

Despite scrutiny, Malinowski missed June stock trade disclosure deadline

June 23, 2021 12:01 amJune 23, 2021 10:10 am

Despite months of criticism for failing to disclose stock trades – and a promise to put his personal finances into a blind trust – Rep. Tom Malinowski continues to push the envelope on reporting stock transactions. Records show that Malinowski...

More than three years later, racist flyers in Edison, Hoboken remain cold cases

March 3, 2021 2:35 pmMarch 3, 2021 5:05 pm

There are two cold cases Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is having trouble solving, even though they are inextricably linked. Both took place in during the final days of the November 2017 campaign and involved racist flyers that took aim at...

Gordon Johnson has votes to win Bergen Democratic line for Senate

February 10, 2021 4:53 pmFebruary 11, 2021 10:34 am

Gordon Johnson has secured enough committed votes to win the Democratic organization line for State Senate in Bergen County, according to a New Jersey Globe tally of party leaders in the 37th legislative district. While the tally shows that Valerie...

Schmid shot at Smith’s Lyme disease amendment doesn’t help her, experts say

July 22, 2020 12:44 pmJuly 22, 2020 10:13 pm

After Rep. Christopher Smith (R-Hamilton) got the U.S. House of Representatives to agree to probe whether the U.S. government ever weaponized ticks with Lyme disease on Monday evening, Democrat Stephanie Schmid may have walked right into a political buzz saw....