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Murphy will stay on at DGA as 2021 finance chairman

December 3, 2020 5:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will serve as finance chairman of the Democratic Governors Association next year, when he seeks re-election to a second term. Murphy had served as DGA chairman this year. He’ll be succeeded by New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan...

Senate GOP wants small business aid in tax incentives bill

December 3, 2020 12:11 pm

Senate Republicans again urged their Democratic colleagues to pass a bill providing $300 million in aid for the state’s struggling small businesses. “Recent reports indicate that more than 30% of New Jersey’s small businesses have closed their doors permanently since...

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 9:23 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,”...