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VBM turnout very light in Hudson

May 8, 2020 4:14 pm

Vote-by-mail ballots are coming in slowly in Hudson County, where Democratic party leaders have said voters prefer to go to the polls to cast their votes. Hudson has no real contests in next all-VBM elections, where school board candidates in...

Fulop pulls Jersey City school board referendum

May 5, 2020 8:56 am

Jersey City will drop a controversial plan to end the direct election of local school board members and replace them with a Board of Education appointed by the mayor, the Hudson County View has reported. Voters were being asked to...

Saleh will get Yun’s Jersey City council seat

April 27, 2020 4:09 pmApril 27, 2020 4:10 pm

Attorney Yousef Saleh will get the Michael Yun’s Ward D council seat, Council President Joyce Watterman announced today. Yun died of coronavirus on April 6. The 31-year-old son of Palestinian immigrants, Saleh ran for the school board in 2018 and...

Hudson GOP chair: Don’t let states go bankrupt

April 23, 2020 12:18 pmApril 27, 2020 6:29 am

Some New Jersey Republicans aren’t buying into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that states be allowed to declare bankruptcy. Hudson County Republican Chairman Jose Arango on Thursday dismissed the McConnell’s proposal, adding that future federal aid should be linked...

Jersey City to add 50 county committee seats in 2021, projections show

April 22, 2020 11:34 amApril 22, 2020 11:39 am

Hudson County is projected to add 61 new election districts in 2021, increasing the size of the Democratic and Republican county committees by 122 after new district lines are drawn by the Board of Elections. Voting district maps can be...

Updated: Council pulls resolution to name Yun replacement

April 20, 2020 5:10 pmApril 21, 2020 10:23 am

The Jersey City Council today withdraw a resolution discussing the appointment of a replacement to Councilman Michael Yun, who died on April 5 for an illness related to COVID-19 creates a vacant seat that will have a major impact on...

Murphy sues Jersey City to halt local closure of child care centers serving essential employees

April 13, 2020 9:35 pmApril 14, 2020 9:12 am

A Superior Court Judge today sided with Gov. Phil Murphy and has put the brakes on Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop’s social distancing executive order that closes local daycare centers. Judge Robert Lougy enjoined city officials, including prosecutor Jake Hudnut...