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NJ Working Families sues EDA over public records

December 11, 2019 12:23 pmDecember 11, 2019 3:26 pm

New Jersey Working Families sued the Economic Development Authority over repeated delays in its response to a request under the Open Public Records Act originally made on Aug. 15. The progressive group sought emails between EDA staff and employees at...

Kate Delany to lead South Jersey Progressive Democrats

December 2, 2019 11:29 pmDecember 3, 2019 11:33 am

Collingswood Democratic Municipal Chair Kate Delany has been elected president of the South Jersey Progressive Democrats, a grassroots political group organized in opposition of the local party organization. Katie Ingersoll of Collingswood was elected vice president, Patrick Mooney of Medford...

Legislative races will mean three local government vacancies

November 15, 2019 8:22 pm

Races for the New Jersey Legislature will trigger municipal government vacancies in Lower Township, Ocean City and Denville. Assemblyman-elect Erik Simonsen (R-Lower) will need to resign his post as mayor of Lower Township in order to join the legislature in...

Dems win Camden freeholder, clerk races in landslide

November 6, 2019 4:11 am

Democratic incumbents in Camden won re-election with massive margins Tuesday. County Clerk Joseph Ripa beat Republican challenger Roy Gustafson, 60,846-26,316, carrying nearly 70% of the vote. Freeholders Edward MCDonnell and Carmen Rordiguez received 56,499 and 56,567 votes, respectively. Their Republican...

Maps: New Jersey Vote-by-Mail Ballots

October 28, 2019 9:03 pmOctober 29, 2019 11:43 am

Party affiliation of returned vote-by-mail ballots are tightening in some of the state’s most closely-watched legislative races.

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...