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Joseph W. Katz, legend in New Jersey politics, dies at 91

July 14, 2018 3:03 pmJuly 18, 2018 11:19 am

Joseph W. Katz, who was one of the New Jersey’s most powerful and widely respected political insiders for decades, passed away on Friday. He was 91. Katz became the founder of the contract lobbying business in New Jersey, single-handedly developing...

Two NJ congressmen who placed patriotism above politics

May 28, 2018 2:45 pmMay 29, 2018 10:27 am

Most people in New Jersey politics today probably never heard of Albert Vreeland or Frank Osmers, two young New Jersey Congressmen who placed patriotism above politics and the security of our nation ahead of their own political careers. Vreeland first...

A great NJ labor union feud and the last Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race

April 22, 2018 2:51 pmApril 23, 2018 11:36 pm

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs, labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston. His story involves one of the great New Jersey labor union feuds. The account starts in...

6 Things to Know About New Jersey’s Sales Tax History

March 13, 2018 12:47 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to propose an increase of the sales tax from 6.625% to 7%. Here are six things to know about New Jersey’s sales tax numbers: 1. The first sales tax was proposed under Gov. Robert Meyner....

Happy 97th Birthday, Cornelius Gallagher

March 2, 2018 2:39 amOctober 17, 2018 8:29 pm

New Jersey’s oldest living former congressman, Cornelius Gallagher, is celebrating his 97th birthday today. Known as Neil, the charismatic, affable Bayonne Democrat represented Hudson County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1959 to 1973. As a congressman, Gallagher became...

Brendan Byrne (1924-2018)

January 4, 2018 8:51 pmJanuary 23, 2021 2:53 pm

The first time Brendan Byrne made an in-print list of potential candidates for Governor of New Jersey was about a month after Richard Nixon’s landslide re-election in the 1972 presidential race. Watergate wasn’t really a thing yet, but Democrats sensed...

Evidence that Murphy isn’t superstitious

January 4, 2018 12:07 am

Phil Murphy is the first Governor to hold an inauguration day prayer service at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton since Jim Florio did it in 1990. At least he didn’t pick the Princeton University Chapel, where Jim McGreevey and...