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Codey tells BPU to hold hearing on JCP&L power issues

August 11, 2020 10:51 amAugust 11, 2020 10:52 am

State Sen. Richard Codey (D-Roseland) wants the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to haul JCP&L executive in for a hearing to learn more about storm resiliency deficiencies and slow restoration schedule following Tropical Storm Isaias. Codey, who served as...

O’Donnell law partner rejects plea offer that included three years in prison, report says

August 8, 2020 12:12 pm

The former law partner of the state’s cooperating witness in a bribery probe, Matt O’Donnell, has rejected a plea bargain that included a three year prison sentence, according to a Morristown Green report. Elizabeth Valandingham practiced law with Matt O’Donnell...

Attorney General seeks extension for primary election vote counting

July 23, 2020 4:08 pmJuly 23, 2020 7:57 pm

The New Jersey Attorney General, acting as the counsel to the county Board of Elections, will ask a judge to give at least seven counties an extension to count votes for the July 7 primary election, the New Jersey Globe...

State comptroller said some agencies used credit cards, but didn’t follow right procedures

July 23, 2020 9:47 am

Acting state comptroller Kevin Walsh says that some New Jersey state agencies used credit cards without following procedures set to protect public funds from fraud and abuse. “Our report found that as many as 30 percent of the purchases we...

Corrado, Auth bash Murphy for Wayne motor vehicle agency closure

July 21, 2020 5:51 pm

Two North Jersey legislators slammed Gov. Phil Murphy for closing the Wayne Motor Vehicle Commission licensing center until next week after an agency employee tested positive for the coronavirus. Senate Minority Conference Leader Kristin Corrado (R-Totowa) called the decision to...

Grewal sues Trump administration over clean water restrictions

July 21, 2020 2:47 pmJuly 21, 2020 2:48 pm

New Jersey has joined nineteen other states in a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from restricting the state’s right to protect their water from pollution, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced today. Grewal says that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has...

Top state health official retaliated against hospitals at request of union, lawsuit alleges

July 10, 2020 1:51 pmJuly 10, 2020 5:46 pm

The head of a North Jersey hospital is alleging that a top state Department of Health official carried out a series of retaliatory inspections in an attempt to put him and is hospitals out of business at the behest of...