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West New York increases minimum wage for municipal employees to $15

December 16, 2021 9:19 am

The West New York Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance last night that will raise the minimum wage for municipal employees to $15 an hour; the law is similar to one that recently passed in Jersey City raising the municipal...

James Dugan, former senator and Dem state chairman, dies at 92

December 12, 2021 3:28 pmDecember 12, 2021 7:16 pm

James P. Dugan, a former New Jersey Democratic State Chairman and state senator from Bayonne who was once among New Jersey’s most powerful political insiders, died on Sunday. He was 92 and had been in failing health. Dugan, who represented...

Boggiano wins re-election in Jersey City

December 7, 2021 8:37 pmDecember 7, 2021 8:38 pm

Jersey City Councilman Richard Boggiano was re-elected to a third term on Tuesday, defeating Kevin Bing in a runoff election for the city’s Ward C council seat by a hefty 18-point margin. The colorful Boggiano leads Bing by 531 votes,...

Polls are closed in Jersey City and Hillside

December 7, 2021 8:00 pmDecember 7, 2021 9:05 pm

It’s 8 PM and the polls are now closed in Jersey City’s Ward C and in Hillside, where voters decided runoff council contests in races where no candidate received the required 50% of the vote in the November 2 general...

Polls are open in Jersey City, Hillside

December 7, 2021 8:53 amDecember 7, 2021 11:41 am

Good morning, New Jersey. It’s Election Day in New Jersey, again. The polls are now open in Jersey City Ward C and in Hillside, where voters will go to the polls for runoff elections to decide council races where no...

Election Day still isn’t over, with runoffs in Jersey City and Hillside set for Tuesday

December 3, 2021 2:23 pmDecember 7, 2021 8:46 am

Voters in Jersey City and Hillside will go to the polls on Tuesday for runoff elections in non-partisan contests where not candidate received the requisite 50% of the vote. In Jersey City Ward C, colorful two-term Councilman Richard Boggiano faces...

Elliot Spitzer makes a New Jersey appearance

November 23, 2021 10:02 am

Former New York Gov. Elliot Spitzer made what might be his first expedition into New Jersey politics on Monday when he joined Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop for a groundbreaking of a new residential apartment development. Spitzer’s company, Spitzer Enterprises,...