Governor Archives - New Jersey Globe

Jen Sciortino joining Murphy staff as senior advisor

December 2, 2022 1:30 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has named 25-year government veteran Jennifer Sciortino to serve as his senior communications advisor as part of a series of promotions announced by the governor’s office on Friday. Sciortino , the mayor of Bordentown, has worked for two governors,...

Murphy must name interim Trenton City Council members

December 2, 2022 12:56 pm

Five of seven Trenton City Council seats will be vacant on January 1 after a Superior Court Judge moved the runoff elections to January 24, which means Gov. Phil Murphy must fill the vacancies on an interim basis until the...

Umba lauds DOE’s tutoring plan but calls it overdue

December 2, 2022 10:52 am

Following an announcement from Gov. Phil Murphy yesterday launching the New Jersey Partnership for Student Success (NJPSS), a program designed to remediate learning loss incurred during Covid, Assemblyman Brandon Umba (R-Medford) released a statement today praising the program while also...

As acting governor, Scutari signs raw honey law, resolution aimed at expanding affordable housing

December 1, 2022 6:22 pmDecember 1, 2022 11:04 pm

Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari has signed a resolution asking Congress to include funding for expanded rental assistance and affordable housing programs in the “Build Back Better” plan and signed a new law that exempts raw honey from cottage food product...

Murphy will attend state dinner honoring Macron

November 30, 2022 3:04 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy will attend a state dinner honoring French President Emmanuel Macron, on Thursday, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. With Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver in New Orleans for the annual meeting of the...

Ciattarelli: Restoring the SALT Deduction

November 29, 2022 2:56 pmNovember 30, 2022 10:11 am

OPINION Disagreement is one hallmark of a healthy political system, but bipartisan compromise is another. With that in mind, when the new Congress is sworn into office in January 2023, the first order of business for all Republicans and Democrats...

Murphy at last launches independent review of N.J.’s Covid response

November 28, 2022 5:22 pmNovember 29, 2022 8:57 am

Nearly three years after Covid first arrived in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy today announced that an independent review of the state’s response to the pandemic will soon begin, at last fulfilling a promise Murphy has made since the early...