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Murphy will lead Democratic Governors Association in 2023

December 12, 2021 1:18 pmDecember 28, 2021 3:31 am

Governor Phi Murphy is looking at two years of potentially heavy out-of-state travel after securing a second stint as the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. Murphy will serve as DGA vice chairman in 2022 and chairman in 2023, the...

New Jersey joins four-state coalition to share gun data

October 7, 2021 3:42 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, joined by three other northeastern governors – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont – announced this afternoon that their four states would share gun violence data with one another...

NJBIA joins suit to limit Pennsylvania governor’s executive power

January 13, 2021 10:19 am

The New Jersey Business and Industry Association is wading into a lawsuit over executive power in Pennsylvania. “We are not challenging any specific actions taken by governors during the pandemic,” NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka said. “But we do...

Murphy unconcerned by ruling declaring Pennsylvania shutdown order unconstitutional

September 16, 2020 2:44 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t concerned that a Pennsylvania federal court’s ruling striking down the state’s shutdown order would extend across the Delaware River. “Pennsylvania is a different reality than New Jersey,” Murphy said during Wednesday’s virus briefing. “We have our...

Judge rules Pennsylvania’s shutdown order unconstitutional

September 14, 2020 4:59 pm

A federal judge ruled a Pennsylvania shutdown order meant to blunt the spread of COVID-19 was unconstitutional Monday. The ruling issued by U.S. District Court Judge William Stickman IV, a Trump nominee, said Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D-Penn.) shutdown order violated...

Murphy staffer calls Star-Ledger story, headline ‘misleading’

January 5, 2020 4:44 pmJanuary 5, 2020 4:49 pm

A top aide to Gov. Phil Murphy took to social media on Saturday to dispute a Star-Ledger story on the governor’s out-of-state travel, arguing that “the story, especially its title, is quite misleading to readers and uses … artificially inflated...

NJ group raises $70k for Pennsylvania Governor

August 9, 2018 11:45 pmAugust 10, 2018 8:27 am

A group of New Jersey Democrats led by Mo Butler of Mercury Public Affairs and Brett Harwood raised about $70,000 tonight for Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s re-election campaign. The New York City event featured an appearance by U.S. Senator Cory...