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Murphy sends Thompson nomination as insurance fraud prosecutor to Senate

March 26, 2021 5:12 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated Tracy Thompson as the state Insurance Fraud Prosecutor. Thompson, a 20-year-veteran of the state attorney general’s office, has been holding the post on an acting basis since March 2018. “For the last three years, she...

Biden may have forced Murphy’s hand on Supreme Court pick

March 17, 2020 12:01 amMarch 17, 2020 12:15 pm

Joe Biden may have boxed in Gov. Phil Murphy on his first appointment to the New Jersey Supreme Court. Biden pledge to appoint the first black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court during a presidential debate on Sunday night could...

Murphy’s Supreme Court pick comes next year and he could name first black woman

April 24, 2019 12:01 amApril 24, 2019 10:59 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will get to make his first appointment to the New Jersey Supreme Court later next year when Justice Walter F. Timpone reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70 and there is a decent chance he will use...