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Murphy names new NJ Transit board

March 21, 2019 12:33 pmMarch 21, 2019 5:01 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has overhauled the board of New Jersey Transit, dropping 20-year member Flora Castillo as part of a package of even new appointees to run the beleaguered mass transit agency. Murphy’s nominees include two picks from towns with...

Governor Murphy’s Detailed Budget Book

March 19, 2019 4:46 pm

If you are a dedicated New Jersey policy wonk, here’s a copy of Gov. Phil Murphy’s detailed budget book for fiscal year 2020. The book includes the specifics on Murphy’s proposed $38.6 billion “Middle Class Blueprint,” including an operations guide...

The time Frank Hague tried to take over Montclair

March 19, 2019 8:47 am

Most New Jerseyans involved in local politics are familiar with the Faulkner Act, aka the Optional Municipal Charter Law, which gives municipalities a smorgasbord of different forms of local government to pick from. Here’s the backstory. Back in 1934, Jersey...

Janice Fuller to lead offshore wind company

March 15, 2019 12:45 pmJune 14, 2021 10:23 pm

Janice Campbell Fuller, who has held top staff posts for New Jersey Democratic officeholders for the last twenty years, is moving to the private sector to run an offshore wind company. Fuller will serve as president of New Jersey OceanGrid,...

DOT purchasing agent is scapegoat for lack of controls, lawyer says

March 15, 2019 5:04 amMarch 15, 2019 2:22 am

The lawyer representing a New Jersey Department of Transportation buyer who pleaded guilty to cutting corners to award public contracts to a friend says that his client is a scapegoat for a broken system. Ricardo Noce faces three years in prison...

AARP, environmental groups, move to oppose utility rate hikes

March 13, 2019 12:47 pmMarch 13, 2019 1:03 pm

Grassroots groups opposed a proposed utility rate increase today delivered 23,000 postcard petitions to Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Board of Public Utilities seeking “fair and affordable” utility rates. The AARP says that utility companies are seeking rate hikes...

DOT employee admits to helping friend with state contract

March 13, 2019 12:22 pm

A former purchasing agent for the New Jersey Department of Transportation pleaded guilty today on charges that he awarded contracts to a vendor who had befriended him. Ricardo Noce, who worked in the transportation department’s operations unit in Cherry Hill,...