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Camden GOP chair jabs freeholders for plastic straw ban

October 18, 2019 3:05 pm

Camden County’s Republican chairman pledged to use plastic straws at a fundraiser after the county’s Democrat-controlled board of freeholders banned such straws at county facilities and events. “I fail to see how banning plastics in one of the highest taxed...

Democratic Assembly candidate crossed picket line as Verizon replacement worker

October 16, 2019 8:09 pmOctober 17, 2019 5:02 pm

A Democratic candidate for State Assembly in the 8th district used social media to boast about crossing a picket line while union employees of the company she worked for were on strike. Gina LaPlaca was a government affairs executive for...

Report: Norcross pushed non-profit off prime Camden real estate

October 3, 2019 7:24 pmOctober 4, 2019 10:59 am

Editor’s Note: This story was updated with comment from Sue Altman at 10:59 a.m. Democratic powerbroker George Norcross pushed a non-profit out of prime real estate holdings in Camden, according to a cooperative WNYC and ProPublica report. In 2013, Cooper’s...

Tuts Kilcourse, former Gloucester City mayor, dies at 92

September 25, 2019 10:37 am

Thomas “Tuts” Kilcourse, a fixture in Gloucester City politics for decades, died on September 21. He was 92. Kilcourse was part of the first Democratic majority on the Gloucester City Council when he won his first election in 1965. With...

Progressives renew call for tax incentive reform

September 18, 2019 3:48 pmSeptember 18, 2019 4:19 pm

Progressive groups renewed their call for a set of reforms to the state’s tax incentive programs following the release of a new report by New Jersey Policy Perspective Wednesday. “As negotiations begin over a new tax incentive program, New Jersey...

Ambrosino calls on Camden’s women lawmakers to condemn Barclay

September 18, 2019 11:53 am

Camden County Republican Chairman Rich Ambrosino called the county’s Democratic women lawmakers to say where they stand on former Assemblyman Arthur Barclay’s continued employment in county government. “Assemblywomen Pam Lampitt and Pat Egan Jones and Freeholders Carmen Rodriguez and Susan...

Ocean County contractor gets 3 years for falsifying records

September 6, 2019 1:13 pm

An Ocean County construction contractor convicted of falsifying payroll records was sentenced to three years in state prison Friday. Albert Chwedczuk pleaded guilty to second-degree false contract charges “We are sending a loud and clear message to dishonest contractors that...