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Bill Spadea will enter GOP governor’s race on June 17

June 7, 2024 1:35 pmJune 7, 2024 5:08 pm

NJ 101.5 radio personality Bill Spadea, a staunch conservative who has methodically built a statewide grassroots organization over the last few years, will announce his candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor on June 17, the New Jersey Globe has...

Murphy signs controversial OPRA bill into law

June 5, 2024 5:31 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a controversial bill overhauling New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA) into law – a win for the leaders of the State Legislature, who were the chief drivers of the bill, and a loss for...

Tom Kean, out of office for 34 years, maintains huge job approval numbers, poll shows

June 3, 2024 7:00 amJune 3, 2024 11:44 am

Thomas H. Kean hasn’t been governor for more than 34 years, but New Jerseyans old enough to remember him do so fondly, a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll found. The FDU poll asked people who were old enough to vote when...

Murphy approvals at 46%-43%, new poll shows

June 3, 2024 7:00 amJune 3, 2024 12:26 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has job approval ratings of 46%-43%, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released this morning. The poll shows a slight drop by Murphy since January, when his approvals were at 46%-40%. He was at 44%-37% in...

Poll: 51% of Newark residents say they would vote for Baraka for governor

May 29, 2024 7:00 amMay 29, 2024 8:40 am

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has a solid 47%-23% job approval rating among residents of the state’s largest city, with a majority of his constituents supporting his run for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson...

Pledging to ‘reimagine’ New Jersey, Baraka launches new campaign video

May 28, 2024 8:30 amMay 28, 2024 8:55 am

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ras Baraka today launched a new campaign video touting his accomplishments during a decade as mayor of Newark. The video promises to “build a broad-based coalition of families across our great state” and create a state “where...

Alan Handler, liberal lion of N.J. Supreme Court, dies at 92

May 24, 2024 8:05 pmMay 25, 2024 8:48 am

Alan B. Handler, a brilliant liberal jurist who spent more than 22 years as an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court and was the author of the controversial Abbott vs. Burke school funding decision, died on May 23. ...