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Altman: Van Drew defection unsurprising

December 14, 2019 5:14 pm

NJ Working Families director Sue Altman was not surprised by news of Rep. Jeff Van Drew’s impending party switch Saturday. “No one who knows Jeff Van Drew’s career is surprised by today’s party switch. Everyone in New Jersey politics was...

NJ Working Families sues EDA over public records

December 11, 2019 12:23 pmDecember 11, 2019 3:26 pm

New Jersey Working Families sued the Economic Development Authority over repeated delays in its response to a request under the Open Public Records Act originally made on Aug. 15. The progressive group sought emails between EDA staff and employees at...

Smith hasn’t heard from AG’s office over Altman removal

December 9, 2019 3:27 pm

State Sen. Bob Smith said he hasn’t heard from the attorney general’s office in relation to its investigation of the removal of an activist from a Senate committee hearing last month. “We called and said ‘when are you coming for...

New Jersey Working Families executive director Sue Altman being removed by the New Jersey State Police from a Senate hearing on November 18, 2019. Photo courtesy of Twitter via Pranshu Verma.

Senate threatens subpoena for State Police probe of Altman removal

December 5, 2019 9:34 amDecember 5, 2019 11:38 am

The New Jersey State Senate will subpoena the internal State Police investigation into the removal of progressive leader Sue Altman from a Senate committee hearing last month if the Attorney General’s office refuses to publicly disclose the report’s findings. “The...

Weinberg calls for public release of review into Altman removal

December 3, 2019 9:47 am

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg called on the Attorney General Gurbir Grewal to publicly release the results of their review into the removal of NJ Working Families Director Sue Altman from a Senate hearing last month. “The administration was very...

Deleted Duane Morris post claims Murphy allies threatened Dems to get Currie support

December 3, 2019 12:05 amDecember 3, 2019 9:49 pm

A lobbying group owned by the law firm representing Gov. Phil Murphy’s campaign alleged in a website post that allies of the governor threatened to withhold funds from Hunterdon County Democrats unless they support John Currie for re-election as state...

Kean not happy about Altman removal

November 20, 2019 10:25 pmNovember 21, 2019 12:59 am

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean isn’t thrilled about Sue Altman’s removal from a Senate hearing Monday. “It shouldn’t have happened,” he said. State Troopers dragged Altman, the director of NJ Working Families, from a Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth...