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Murphy pulls out of Clean Power suit

January 30, 2018 4:12 pm

New Jersey will withdraw as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that seeks to overturn President Obama’s Clean Power Plan regulations. The suit was filed by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, a New...

Poll: NJ voters don’t know Murphy, don’t like Trump

January 30, 2018 8:45 am

Gov. Phil Murphy, who is in his fifteenth day in office, has a 35%-21% approval rating, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll released this morning. President Trump has upside-down approvals in New Jersey of 31%-60% — not much different...

Governor Murphy’s Grade Today

January 29, 2018 11:41 pm

Today is Phil Murphy’s 14th day in office and his daily check plus grade is getting a little boring — but that’s what he deserves. He was able to get the Carpenters union to stand with him against Bill Mullen...

Christie’s guy pushing Myers

January 29, 2018 6:54 pm

The buzz on Morris County Freeholder Christine Myers as a possible Republican candidate for Rodney Frelinghuysen’s congressional seat appears to be coming directly from former Gov. Chris Christie’s wing of the Republican party. Christie’s best friend, Republican National Committeeman Bill...

Christie praises Hugin

January 29, 2018 5:56 pm

Former Gov. Chris Christie took to Twitter today to praise his close ally, Bob Hugin, on his retirement from pharma giant Celgene. Hugin is expected to enter the race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination against incumbent Bob Menendez. It’s...

Murphy to talk Amazon

January 29, 2018 10:24 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will go on CNBC this afternoon to talk about Newark’s bid to land Amazon’s new corporate headquarters, even though Amazon has asked the twenty finalists in the race to land 50,000 new jobs to complete the next...

Murphy doesn’t have votes to approve EDA pick

January 27, 2018 3:23 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t necessarily have the votes on the Economic Development Authority (EDA) to approve his choice of a Connecticut official as the new executive director. In a letter, first reported by InsiderNJ’s Max Pizzaro, labor leader Bill Mullen...