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Coughlin not ready to push constitutional amendment

August 3, 2018 10:06 amAugust 4, 2018 1:19 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin isn’t ready to move a constitutional amendment stripping New Jersey’s governor of the power to unilaterally certify revenues. Though he said he think’s there’s merit to the idea of joint revenue forecasting, which the amendment pushed...

Murphy picks a fight with Joe D

August 3, 2018 9:33 amAugust 3, 2018 10:16 am

Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of a sharp critic of Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo to the state Parole Board is likely to increase tensions between the governor and Essex Democrats and left some insiders wondering why Murphy has picked a...

With Murphy on vacation, Oliver launches free college program

July 31, 2018 2:58 pm

Acting Gov. Sheila Oliver on Tuesday announced forward movement on the state’s free community college program, one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s major policy platforms. “I’m very excited that the Secretary of Higher Education and HESAA are moving forward to make...

How Verrelli won

July 31, 2018 10:20 amAugust 1, 2018 9:47 am

Anthony Verrelli won a seat in the State Assembly by just five votes in a second ballot win over Jeffrey Laurenti, according to an internal tally obtained by the New Jersey Globe and verified by a Mercer County Democrat. Democrats...

Murphy missed opportunity in 15th

July 30, 2018 11:17 amAugust 2, 2018 12:16 pm

The unexpectedly close race for Reed Gusciora’s open 15th district Assembly seat represents a missed opportunity for Gov. Phil Murphy, since the losing candidate campaigned as an openly pro-Murphy candidate. Anthony Verrelli won by a margin that was reportedly between...

Madame Battleship

July 27, 2018 9:46 pmJuly 31, 2018 10:24 am

In the late 1990s, a freshman Camden County freeholder took on a commission led by the late Assemblyman Joe Azzolina and backed by the state’s northern political force to bring a ship, and a rare win, to South Jersey. When...

Verrelli wins LD15 seat

July 26, 2018 8:15 pmAugust 6, 2018 5:53 pm

Mercer County Freeholder Anthony Verrelli was elected to fill the Assembly seat left vacant when Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora was sworn into his current post, winning in the runoff by five votes. “I feel good,” Verrelli said shortly after his...