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Top Murphy aide watched Dye bash Jews, call Schaer a ‘slave master’

August 23, 2019 1:57 pmAugust 23, 2019 4:37 pm

A top member of Gov. Phil Murphy’s staff attended a March 2017 meeting of the Passaic NAACP when Jeffrey Dye launched an attack on Jews and Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic). Rev. Derrick Greene was serving as African American outreach director...

Legislature may hold special session to fix vote-by-mail mess

August 21, 2019 1:41 pmAugust 21, 2019 9:14 pm

Update: The Senate and Assembly have scheduled a quorum call for Friday at 4:30 PM and could schedule a voting session early next week. The Legislature could be called back into session within the next couple of weeks to address...

Dye fired from state job after anti-Semitic, anti-Latino Facebook rants

August 20, 2019 4:58 pmAugust 20, 2019 5:13 pm

Jeffrey Dye, a Murphy administration official facing criticism for making anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on his Facebook page, was fired today from his job at the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. “Jeffrey Dye is no longer employed...

Steinhardt tells Murphy to fire Dye

August 20, 2019 3:07 pmAugust 20, 2019 3:07 pm

Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt says that Gov. Phil Murphy needs to fire Jeffrey Dye for making anti-Semitic comments on his Facebook page. Dye, the president of the Passaic NAACP, was hired for a $56,088-a-year post at the state Department...

Bridgegate committee co-chairs raise eyebrows at Christie institute

August 16, 2019 12:52 pmAugust 18, 2019 2:44 am

The co-chairs of the committee that investigated the biggest scandal of Gov. Chris Christie’s tenure are eyeing Christie’s new public policy institute with raised eyebrows. “I think those of us who are familiar with Gov. Christie’s civility over the eight...

Rosemary Becchi contributed to Mitch McConnell re-election

August 14, 2019 4:47 pmAugust 14, 2019 8:30 pm

Republican congressional candidate Rosemary Becchi wrote a $1,000 personal check to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this year. Becchi’s donation might give Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Rocky Hill) some ammo during a slow summer, but it might not do much...

Six county clerks draw top ballot position for other party

August 13, 2019 5:42 pmAugust 14, 2019 10:18 am

Most of New Jersey’s elected County Clerks followed the time-honored tradition of giving their party the top slot on the November general election ballot, with Democrats coming out on top in 11 of the state’s 21 counties in drawings held...