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Atlantic Dems furious at Murphy/Levinson alliance

August 21, 2019 12:46 pm

Atlantic County Democrats are fuming over the Murphy administration’s decision to appoint Republican County Executive Dennis Levinson to a task force on county taxes. The announcement, made by Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver on Tuesday, comes during Levinson’s campaign for re-election...

Atlantic County paid $260,000 to settle county counsel harassment suits in 2014

July 19, 2019 5:00 amJuly 19, 2019 1:32 pm

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with comment from Ferguson at 1:32 p.m. Friday, July 19. Five years ago, Atlantic County paid two women $260,000 to settle sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuits filed against county counsel James Ferguson. Both women...

Rice raises alarm over Atlantic City petition

July 11, 2019 2:24 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice called a petition effort to change Atlantic City to a council-manager form of government a power grab Thursday. “As we saw with Paterson and Newark’s Board of Education takeovers, outside intervention does not prevent mismanagement,” Rice...

Ex-Assemblyman accused of stealing employee pension funds

July 8, 2019 6:38 pm

A construction company run by former Assemblyman Ed Kline (R-Brigantine) stole money from the retirement fund of their unionized employees, according to a Vineland Daily Journal report. A group of fourteen former employees of Kline Construction filed a lawsuit in...

Maps: The race for Senate, Assembly in LD1

June 14, 2019 9:48 amJune 14, 2019 11:14 am

There is no place in New Jersey where Republicans are better situated to pick up legislative seats in the 2019 mid-term elections than in the 1st district, which includes Cape May and parts of Cumberland and Atlantic. In 2017, then-Assemblyman...

Days-Chapman easily wins Atlantic City primary

June 5, 2019 12:17 am

Constance “Mandy” Days-Chapman easily won a five-candidate Democratic primary for the open 4th ward seat on the Atlantic City Council. Days-Chapman defeated Md Hossain Morshed, who had the backing of the local Democratic organization and the Callaway machine, 215 to...

Mazzeo, Armato have cash edge in 2nd district

May 31, 2019 5:30 pm

Democratic incumbents in the politically competitive 2nd legislative district have an early cash advantage over GOP challengers in the race for two state assembly seats. Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo (D-Northfield) has raised $76,096, spent $42,411, and has $31,687 cash-on-hand. Assemblyman John...