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AFL-CIO withdraws LaPlaca endorsement

October 18, 2019 12:27 pmOctober 18, 2019 1:58 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO has revoked their endorsement of Democratic Assembly candidate Gina LaPlaca in the 8th district after the New Jersey Globe reported that she crossed a picket line as a substitute worker during the 2016 Verizon strike. The...

Democratic Assembly candidate crossed picket line as Verizon replacement worker

October 16, 2019 8:09 pmOctober 17, 2019 5:02 pm

A Democratic candidate for State Assembly in the 8th district used social media to boast about crossing a picket line while union employees of the company she worked for were on strike. Gina LaPlaca was a government affairs executive for...

Rick Sabato, President of the Bergen County Building and Construction Trades Council.

Union leader bashes Murphy for cancelling North Bergen power plant

October 16, 2019 12:32 pmOctober 17, 2019 12:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s opposition to the North Bergen power plant has put him on the wrong side of a powerful labor leader, causing a heated argument between the two at a North Jersey political event on Tuesday night. “I speak...

Ex-Trump aide who said ‘semen-exposed’ women have better cognitive skills raises $100k for congressional bid

October 15, 2019 2:49 pmOctober 15, 2019 5:28 pm

A controversial former Trump administration official who has argued that condoms deprive women of the “remarkable” chemicals found in semen has raised $100,342 for his bid to challenge Rep. Jeff Van Drew (D-Dennis) in New Jersey’s 2nd district. Robert Patterson,...

Bramnick takes responsibility for website

October 15, 2019 1:38 pmOctober 15, 2019 11:37 pm

Jon Bramnick is taking responsibility for the content of his law firm’s website. The Assembly minority leader on Tuesday declined to name the outside firm that he said wrote the content of several pages advertising his law firm’s criminal defense...

Bramnick says website pages pulled for language check

October 14, 2019 12:33 pmOctober 14, 2019 1:32 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick said his law firm took down portions of its website so their language could be checked. “I think my firm’s making sure the wording’s right on all of the sites,” Bramnick said. “We’re checking the...

Bramnick firm will help sex offenders come off Megan’s Law registry

October 14, 2019 12:05 amOctober 13, 2019 9:30 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick has deleted a pitch to help sex offenders get pulled off the Megan’s Law registry from his law firm website. “Don’t let one bad decision in your past ruin your entire future. If you have...