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Murphy declines to say if he told cabinet to stay for remainder of term or hit the road

December 2, 2020 3:01 pmDecember 2, 2020 3:19 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether the members of his cabinet had been advised to leave the administration now if they did not intend to serve through 2021. “I can’t speak for the entire cabinet or team, but we’ve...

Murphy sides with Pascrell in tiff over Trump campaign attorneys

December 2, 2020 2:54 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has Rep. Bill Pascrell’s (D-Paterson) back. The congressman last week called for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and more than 20 other Trump campaign attorneys to be disbarred over what the New Jersey Democrat called frivolous...

Murphy not opposed to unionizing gubernatorial campaign

December 2, 2020 2:42 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he had no problem with his campaign unionizing should his staff seek to do so. “Not opposed to unionizing,” the governor said. “Our team right now is extremely small and it exclusively on things like fundraising...

Murphy again declines to say if he’ll seek organizational lines

December 2, 2020 2:34 pmDecember 2, 2020 2:44 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy again declined to say whether he would seek organizational lines for his re-election campaign. “On organizational lines, the only thing I’ll declare is that I’m running again,” the governor said during Wednesday’s virus briefing. “I’m enthusiastically doing...

State GOP wants McKinsey documents

December 2, 2020 11:30 am

New Jersey’s Republican Party is seeking documents on a controversial consulting firm hired to aid the Murphy administration’s communication on COVID-19 restrictions. “The people of New Jersey deserve to see what these spin doctors are cooking up for Phil Murphy,”...

Somerset goes big for Ciattarelli

December 1, 2020 3:46 pmDecember 1, 2020 5:27 pm

Somerset County is all in for favorite son Jack Ciattarelli, who picked up endorsements today from 87 Republican officials for his bid to become the GOP nominee for Governor of New Jersey next year. Ciattarelli was endorsed on Tuesday by...

LaTourette may be early front runner for Environmental Protection cabinet post

December 1, 2020 12:25 pmDecember 2, 2020 8:59 am

Under the careful watch of environmental activists and diversity advocates in an election year, Gov. Phil Murphy will now consider candidates to replace Catherine McCabe as the next New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection. Murphy announced this morning that McCabe...