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NJEA backs Bucco, Dunn in 25th district special election

August 5, 2020 4:40 pm

The New Jersey Education Association has endorsed State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) and Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) for re-election in 25th district. Both are seeking 14-month unexpired terms in the legislature. The NJEA endorsed Bucco for re-election to the...

Supreme Court hears arguments on bonding bill

August 5, 2020 1:42 pmAugust 5, 2020 5:02 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court held oral arguments in a Republican suit seeking to strike a law allowing the state to borrow up to $10 billion to plug budget holes created by the COVID-19 crisis Wednesday. The roughly two-and-a-half-hour-long affair...

GOP heads to Supreme Court to block Murphy borrowing plan

August 5, 2020 9:20 amAugust 5, 2020 9:43 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court will hear a Republican challenge to the constitutionality Gov. Phil Murphy’ plan to borrow up to $10 billion this morning. Murphy, with the consent of the Democratic-controlled legislature, consented to the borrowing plan as a...

Shirley Rice, wife of state senator, dies at 76

August 4, 2020 11:33 amAugust 4, 2020 6:25 pm

Shirley Rice, the wife of State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark), died on Monday evening. She was 76. “As a college administrator, Shirley had a tremendous impact on her students. As a friend to so many, she was always somebody that...

Sayegh endorses Pou

August 3, 2020 4:40 pmAugust 3, 2020 4:44 pm

Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh endorsed State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) for another term in the legislature’s upper chamber Monday. “Yea. I haven’t even thought about it, yea, of course,” he said when asked if he would back Pou for...

Lagana says state judges need to be protected

August 3, 2020 2:44 pm

Legislation is in the works to protect the personal information of state judges, State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus) told the New Jersey Globe. Lagana said he’s working with Assemblyman Christopher Tully (D-Bergenfield) and Assemblywoman Lisa Swain (D-Fair Lawn) to review...

Memo clears Scutari, puts Linden mayor on hot seat

August 3, 2020 10:59 amAugust 3, 2020 11:30 am

A policy approved by the Linden City Council fifteen years ago requiring the municipal prosecutor to pay for substitutes at their own expense vindicates Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden), who was criticized for high absenteeism by a political...