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Murphy launches final nominations push as time dwindles

December 12, 2025 1:05 pmJanuary 29, 2026 4:10 pm

On Monday, the state Senate’s Judiciary Committee will meet and conduct its part of a time-honored tradition: the last-minute slew of nominations from an outgoing governor. Governors-elect, hoping to keep open as many options as possible, resent the notion that...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 1, 2024 4:52 pmMarch 2, 2024 12:22 pm

Congress’s biggest mission this week, as it has been several times over the last few months, was to keep the lights on, and it did. Phew. In addition to passing a stopgap funding bill, New Jersey’s congressional representatives proposed new...

Checking in on Murphy’s cabinet nominations as 2022 ends

December 6, 2022 5:06 pm

The number of acting members of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet was slashed this year, with the State Senate approving four cabinet nominees for full terms. Two other nominees, however, remain unconfirmed, and they’ll likely soon be joined by a third....

Cohort of acting commissioners in Murphy administration reduced by one

March 24, 2022 5:11 pmMarch 24, 2022 7:14 pm

Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate today for a full term as commissioner, more than a year after she first took over the department in an acting capacity. When Commissioner Carole Johnson left state...

Adelman nomination to lead Human Services advances through committee

March 21, 2022 2:49 pm

Sarah Adelman, who has served as acting commissioner of the Department of Human Services since early 2021, was unanimously advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, clearing her path for confirmation by the full Senate on Thursday. Adelman, a former...

Armed with courtesy on two Murphy nominees, Corrado remains undecided

January 27, 2022 1:22 pmJanuary 27, 2022 1:30 pm

For most of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet, the transition into the governor’s second term will be an easy one, since state law does not require them to be renominated and re-confirmed by the Senate to their roles. But a select...

Murphy nominates Adelman as Human Services commissioner

January 24, 2022 10:21 amDecember 26, 2022 1:17 am

Sarah Adelman, who has served as acting Commissioner of Human Services for the last year, has been asked to stay on for Gov. Phil Murphy’s second term. Murphy announced on Monday that he will nominate Adelman to the cabinet post....