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Essex freeholder faces ELEC complaint

February 5, 2020 10:19 am

Essex County Freeholder Tyshammie Cooper faces a three-count complaint from the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission that alleges she failed to report contributions to her 2018 primary campaign. A former East Orange councilwoman, Cooper was elected freeholder in a...

Essex GOP bans NDAs for county, local candidates

February 5, 2020 9:00 amFebruary 5, 2020 11:21 am

Essex County Republicans voted on Tuesday to adopt two “common sense policies” that will deny party support to county and municipal candidates who force staff, vendors and volunteers to sign non-disclosure agreements that limit victims of toxic environment issues. “We...

Murphy, DiVincenzo showing off new alliance

January 22, 2020 11:54 am

Essex County plans to construct a new courthouse named for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gov. Phil Murphy and Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo will announce their plan to a new 150,000-square-foot office building in Newark that will accommodate 11...

Two Orange city councilmembers want to run for mayor and seek re-election at the same time

January 20, 2020 8:33 pmJanuary 31, 2020 7:05 pm

One local officeholder in Orange are testing a 2018 law that would allow Cory Booker to run simultaneously for president and U.S. Senate to an almost absurd level by attempting to run for both mayor and city council in the...

How the Becchi district swap happened

January 19, 2020 9:34 pmJanuary 21, 2020 1:23 pm

Rosemarie Becchi began to seriously consider switching districts and running against Mikie Sherrill instead of Tom Malinowski sometime on Friday and made a final decision on Sunday morning, according to fourteen sources familiar with all or part of the marathon...

O’Donnell sometimes billed towns more than 24 hours in a day for legal fees

January 15, 2020 3:53 pmJanuary 16, 2020 1:41 pm

Attorney Matt O’Donnell, the state’s cooperating witness in a corruption sting operation, sometimes billed municipalities in excess of 24 hours in a single day, according to bills submitted to government entities that were reviewed by the New Jersey Globe. O’Donnell...

C. Robert Sarcone, former senator and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 94

January 13, 2020 6:30 pm

Former State Sen. C. Robert Sarcone (R-Newark), the former Minority Leader of the New Jersey State Assembly and a candidate for the GOP nomination for Governor in 1977, died on January 12. He was 94. A talented trial lawyer and...