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Lampitt is new Education Committee chair

January 9, 2018 4:24 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has picked Pamela Lampitt, a Camden County Democrat, to chair the Assembly Education Committee. Lampitt is part of a block of Democratic legislators from South Jersey still angry with a decision by the New Jersey Education...

Bramnick says nasty Tweeters need help

January 9, 2018 1:22 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick appears to have criticized President Donald Trump in remarks made at the legislature’s reorganization today. At least that’s how some observers are interpreting it. Bramnick was critical of the Republican majority in Congress, referring to...

McKeon on Brendan Byrne

January 9, 2018 1:05 pm

Assemblyman John McKeon pays tribute to Brendan Byrne, the former Governor of New Jersey who passed away last week at age 93.

PBA back bi-partisan corrections bill

January 9, 2018 12:58 pm

PBA 105 President Brian Renshaw applauded the passage of S1651/A796. The bipartisan bill, which cleared the Senate and Assembly calls for the title of State corrections officers to be renamed “Both sides of the aisle need to be recognized for...

Jim Crow could be issue for Lanigan

January 8, 2018 8:12 pm

Will the recent book-banning controversy in New Jersey prisons cause Phil Murphy to change his mind and shop for a new Commissioner of Corrections? That depends on a few things: did Murphy and his transition team know about the ban...

For GOP, small Bergen town is a must-win in ’18

January 7, 2018 2:14 pm

Rochelle Park is a small Bergen County municipality that is another illustration of the changing landscape of New Jersey politics: a swing-town with slightly more Republicans than Democrats. Democrats won there in 2017. It’s a good example of the kind...

Will Santoro last until April?

January 5, 2018 8:11 am

No spoiler alert was necessary on stories that discussed Steven Santoro’s decision to leave his post as New Jersey Transit executive director in April. He wasn’t going to keep his job anyway, and now Santoro gets to say he quit,...