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Sweeney seeks reduction of gubernatorial power

July 23, 2018 8:28 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney is taking steps to put a constitutional amendment stripping Gov. Phil Murphy and his successors of the power to unilaterally certify revenues for the state’s budget. That power was close to the center of the impasse...

Davis predicts peace in 31st district

July 23, 2018 1:23 pm

BAYONNE – Bayonne Mayor Jimmy Davis says he expects Hudson County Democrats come together before the 2019 primary and avoid a battle that could put Assembly incumbents Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne) and Angela McKnight (D-Jersey City) on opposite tickets in the...

Tibbets is first LD15 Republican candidate

July 21, 2018 12:08 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:42 pm

Though their opportunity to take it won’t come for several months, Republicans already have a candidate for Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora’s vacant Assembly seat. Justin Tibbets, a member of Trenton’s ethics board and a republican committeeman is running for the...

Lawmakers tell Trump stop rollback of clean car standarda

July 20, 2018 8:55 pm

LONG BRANCH – Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch) was in his hometown on Friday to join lawmakers and environmental activists in denouncing the Trump administration’s plans to roll back clean car standards. “With the Trump Administration gutting the EPA and failing...

Murphy won’t endorse first pro-Murphy assembly candidate

July 20, 2018 12:21 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:41 pm

Though Jeff Laurenti is running for Reed Gusciora’s Assembly seat to give the governor an ally in the legislature, Murphy on Friday declined to endorse him – or any of the other candidates seeking the seat. “We haven’t weighed in...

Allen won’t run for office again

July 19, 2018 7:02 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:40 pm

Former State Sen. Diane Allen won’t run for office again, but she’s not done with politics, “I’m out, I’m done. I’m not ever going to run for office again,” Allen said on Thursday. “I’m very happy to play a role...

Laurenti seeking Gusciora seat as Murphy ally

July 19, 2018 12:47 pmSeptember 1, 2018 5:40 pm

Though a former post saw him directing the state’s Democratic Senators, Jeffrey Laurenti is running for the Assembly seat left vacant by Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora by framing himself as a close ally of Gov. Phil Murphy. “I have been...