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Some Dems still angry with Currie

August 9, 2018 3:15 amAugust 9, 2018 3:20 pm

Six weeks after the state budget battle ended, some party leaders remain angered by a perception that Democratic State Chairman John Currie sided with Gov. Phil Murphy and used the state party apparatus to attack Democratic lawmakers. But the issue...

State Supreme Court sides with legislators on Christie job-banding rule

August 8, 2018 4:43 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court sided with unions and the legislature on Wednesday when it ruled that the continued enforcement of a job-banding rule imposed by former Gov. Chris Christie through executive action despite invalidation at the hands of the...

Bill Schluter, former Senator, dies at 90

August 6, 2018 9:38 pmAugust 7, 2018 9:57 am

William E. Schluter, a moderate Republican and self-proclaimed maverick who championed ethics reform during 21 years in the New Jersey Legislature, and an independent candidate for governor, died today. He was 90. Schluter served two separate tenures in the Legislature...

Verrelli sworn in

August 6, 2018 5:57 pm

Mercer County Freeholder Anthony Verrelli was sworn into the Assembly on Monday, officially leaving his role as freeholder after his victory in a special election at the end of July. “I am honored and excited about the opportunity to continue...

The history of the New Jersey Senate Presidency

August 6, 2018 4:15 amAugust 5, 2018 11:40 pm

When New Jersey’s modern-day founding fathers created the most powerful governorship in the nation in 1947, it was based on an assumption that the old system of rotating legislative leaders would still be in effect. Today, the three separate but...

Coughlin clarifies position on revenue certification

August 4, 2018 6:07 pmAugust 6, 2018 12:54 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin says he will keep an open mind about changing the way the state certifies revenues and will look at other options beyond the governor having the authority to make those calls. “While I recognize that time...

Grossman fundraising by calling Van Drew a ‘radical liberal’

August 3, 2018 10:40 am

Seth Grossman is trying to fundraise by painting his opponent, State Sen. Jeff Van Drew, one of the most conservative Democrats in the state’s legislature, a “radical Democratic puppet.” “Job-Killing Jeff, is a radical social justice warrior, pro-illegal immigration, pro-Obamacare,...