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The Life and Times of Paul DiGaetano

February 8, 2018 2:22 amFebruary 26, 2018 1:16 pm

There was a time back about a generation ago when Paul DiGaetano was a bright, rising star in New Jersey Republican politics. He he was one of the most powerful politicians in the state. Some Republicans openly fawned over the...

Kean has issues with Murphy free college plan

February 6, 2018 7:08 pm

State Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) says that Gov. Phil Murphy’s offer of a free community college education sounds great, but that nothing is free. “At a time when the State is already struggling to fund our schools,...

GOP leaders caution Murphy on taxes

February 5, 2018 5:41 pm

New Jersey Republicans came close to ending Gov. Phil Murphy’s honeymoon today with a statement from the party’s big three — State Chairman Doug Steinhardt, Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean (R-Westfield) and Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) — announcing...

Murphy orders NJ Transit audit

January 22, 2018 10:58 am

Gov. Phil Murphy today signed an executive order that will require an independent audit of New Jersey Transit. “This is an agency that must be boiled to its essentials and put back together again,” Murphy said. One reality the new...

Whitman skips Murphy Inaugural

January 16, 2018 2:19 pm

There’s probably nothing to read into this other than a quick mention: Christine Todd Whitman was the only one of the state’s seven living former Governors not in attendance at Phil Murphy’s inauguration. Tom Kean, Jim Florio, Donald DiFrancesco, Jim...

The legend of Patrick Pasculli

January 13, 2018 3:47 pmMarch 5, 2018 1:47 am

The photo Ravi Bhalla tweeted today of four Hoboken mayors having lunch at Del Frisco’s Grille reminded me of a classic freshman legislator story. Since this was swearing in week in Trenton, it’s an appropriate time to retell it. This...

Judiciary shrinks to 11 members

January 12, 2018 11:35 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee will have two less members this year, with Senate President Steve Sweeney and Minority Leader Tom Kean agreeing not to fill the seats of two Senators who did not seek re-election. The powerful panel, which must...