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Is Bucco the Prince Charles of New Jersey politics?

August 29, 2018 8:38 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:44 pm

Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco is the Prince Charles of New Jersey politics, waiting on the sidelines for his father, Anthony R. Bucco, to abdicate his seat in the New Jersey State Senate. Now Tom Malinowski might get in the way....

Gopal raises $50k for Senate Democrats

August 29, 2018 2:17 pmAugust 31, 2018 12:34 am

State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) raised over $50,000 for the Senate Democratic Majority PAC last night, a move that will help the freshman senator establish clout within his caucus. The fundraiser, which mostly-tapped donors from Monmouth County, honored Senate...

More than 250 attend GOP fundraiser honoring Guadagno

August 29, 2018 12:38 pmAugust 31, 2018 12:34 am

More than 250 attended a state GOP fundraising event honoring former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno as woman of the year on Tuesday. “I appreciate the many supporters who picked a hot August night to invest in our commitment to restore...

Hank McNamara dies

August 27, 2018 3:21 pmAugust 27, 2018 5:20 pm

Henry P. McNamara, who served in the New Jersey State 23 years, died today. He was 83. McNamara was first elected to the Senate in a November 1985 special election following the death of six-term State Sen. Garrett Hagedorn. He...

Bucco hits Murphy over cuts to proposed school security bonds

August 27, 2018 12:14 pm

Though the senate concurred with a pared down version of a bipartisan bond act to fund the expansion of vocational program and school security initiatives returned to the legislature by Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto, some are less than pleased...

Van Drew miffed over Murphy veto

August 27, 2018 9:51 am

Gov. Phil Murphy issued a slate of conditional vetoes Monday morning, and one of them irked State Sen. Jeff Van Drew. Among the vetoed bills was one sponsored by the House candidate that would have made some businesses located in...

Murphy not ready to talk budget ’19

August 24, 2018 9:37 pm

With Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin standing next to him, Gov. Phil Murphy deflected a question on the speaker’s call this week for pension reforms and no tax increases in next year’s budget. “We just got through the last budget. It...