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McKenna still on at NJSDC

January 17, 2018 4:18 pm

One day into Phil Murphy’s term as Governor, former Christie Chief Counsel remains in his $225,000-a-year position as Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Schools Development Corporation. McKenna spent eighteen years as a federal prosecutor before being named Director...

It’s a separation of powers thing

January 17, 2018 2:10 pm

There wasn’t anything illegitimate about Elizabeth Muoio and Marlene Caride attending Gov. Phil Murphy’s first cabinet meeting, but they need to be careful. Both remain members of the State Assembly, and the New Jersey Constitution specifically prohibits legislators from serving...

Call it “Abduallah’s Law”

January 17, 2018 1:53 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today signed an executive order that will make it more difficult for him to squeeze much juice out of an orange. Murphy tightened restrictions for himself and top members of his administration – cabinet and staff —...

Governor Murphy’s Grade Today

January 16, 2018 11:51 pm

Today is Phil Murphy’s 1st day in office. Everybody gets a good grade on their first day. The new governor delivered a nice speech – and he wore shoes. Tammy and the kids did great. The new attorney general was...

GOP: Watch Murphy’s radical agenda

January 16, 2018 11:12 pm

With Democrats in control of the governor’s office and both houses of the legislature, Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt says that his party’s “ability to check Phil Murphy’s radically liberal agenda from inside the system is on life support.” Steinhardt,...

Whitman skips Murphy Inaugural

January 16, 2018 2:19 pm

There’s probably nothing to read into this other than a quick mention: Christine Todd Whitman was the only one of the state’s seven living former Governors not in attendance at Phil Murphy’s inauguration. Tom Kean, Jim Florio, Donald DiFrancesco, Jim...

Gov. Murphy’s Inaugural Address

January 16, 2018 1:42 pm

The full text of Gov. Phil Murphy’s inaugural address: “Mr. Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court, members of our congressional delegation, Mr. Senate President, Mr. Speaker, and members of the 218th Legislature, reverend clergy, honored guests, family and...