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Coughlin praises Schaer after Dye’s anti-Semitic tirade

August 23, 2019 5:11 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin isn’t happy with statements that former Murphy administration official Jeffrey Dye made about Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) during a 2017 meeting of the Passaic NAACP. “I read and listened to, with great dismay, the very offensive...

Lawmakers introduce VBM reform bill

August 23, 2019 5:06 pmAugust 23, 2019 5:18 pm

State lawmakers introduced vote-by-mail reform bill meant to circumvent a Murphy administration ruling that blocked voters who requested mail-in ballots in 2017 and 2018 from receiving such ballots in perpetuity. “The clerk of each county shall add to the list...

Testa hits Murphy over Wildwood boardwalk funding veto

August 23, 2019 3:44 pm

Cumberland County Republican Chairman Michael Testa launched an attack at Gov. Phil Murphy over his veto of a bill that would have provided $4 million to the Greater Wildwoods Tourism and Development Authority. “First Governor Murphy slashed our school funding...

Jersey Journal reporter Corey McDonald jumps to Hudson County View

August 23, 2019 3:31 pmAugust 23, 2019 4:07 pm

Corey McDonald, arguably the number one reporter for the Jersey Journal, said today that he was leaving the once dominate daily newspaper to join John Heinis at the Hudson County View. The Hudson County View has increasingly become the top...

Murphy conditionally vetoes tax incentive extension

August 23, 2019 1:36 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a bill extending for seven months two troubled tax incentive programs administered by the Economic Development Authority. “For the past six years, New Jersey has operated under a severely flawed tax incentive program that wasted...

Jeffrey Dye slams Jewish media, says he still supports Murphy

August 23, 2019 10:50 amAugust 23, 2019 2:34 pm

Former Murphy administration official Jeffrey Dye, fired from his job on Tuesday after his history of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on social media surfaced, has continued his diatribe against Jews. Dye, who remains as president of the Passaic NAACP, posted...

The year of the unlikely voter: why Democrats care so much about VBM reform

August 23, 2019 2:15 amAugust 23, 2019 2:51 pm

New Jersey has elections where candidates for the State Assembly head the ticket twice in four years, every other decade. It occurred in 2015 and won’t happen again until 2035. 2019 is considered an off-off year, when voter turnout is...