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EDA Task Force’s final report largely ignores Norcross

July 9, 2020 1:00 pmJuly 9, 2020 2:54 pm

The task force convened by Gov. Phil Murphy to investigate the handling of tax incentive programs administered by the Economic Development Authority issued its third and final report, marking an end to an investigation that thrust the governor into an...

EDA task force releases second scathing report

January 16, 2020 3:57 pmJanuary 16, 2020 4:15 pm

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with Comment from Norcross at 4:13 p.m. The task force convened by Gov. Phil Murphy to investigate tax incentives meted out by the Economic Development Authority released a second scathing report Thursday. The report...

George Norcross testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies. Photo by Nikita Biryukov for the New Jersey Globe.

Norcross defends tax incentives, attacks task force in first public testimony

November 18, 2019 4:10 pmNovember 18, 2019 4:50 pm

Democratic powerbroker George Norcross sought to impugn the credibility of the task force investigating New Jersey’s tax incentive in testimony before a Senate committee today while defending his role as a champion of Camden’s resurgence. Norcross told senators that tax...

EDA task force to hold 4th hearing next week

October 11, 2019 10:21 am

The task force Gov. Phil Murphy convened to investigate abuses of the Economic Development Agency’s tax incentives will convene for the fourth time next Thursday. The body, led by former state public advocate Ronald Chen, will hear testimony from witnesses...

Judge dismisses Norcross lawsuit against Murphy

July 31, 2019 6:51 pmAugust 1, 2019 10:56 am

George Norcross’ lawsuit against Gov. Phil Murphy alleging that a task force investigating New Jersey’s tax incentive programs was illegally constituted was dismissed today by a Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson, the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported. Jacobson had denied a...

Kean indicates openness to academics’ redistricting reforms

July 16, 2019 4:28 pm

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean indicated he was open to discussing recommendations to improve the state’s redistricting process made by a group of six academics involved in the issue. “I appreciate the hard work that went into this report and...

Academics suggest changes to NJ legislative redistricting

July 16, 2019 5:00 amJuly 16, 2019 3:31 am

A group of six academics involved in redistricting reform are calling for a changes to the New Jersey Constitution to make the rules governing legislative redistricting to become clearer, more transparent, and allow for a better representation of state’s population....