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Thanks to statewide recalibration, voter rolls dropped significantly in March

April 6, 2022 5:31 pm

At first glance, one would think a calamity struck New Jersey in March. According to the Secretary of State’s monthly voter registration statistics, the state lost a whopping 180,000 voters over the course of the month, falling from 6,603,125 to...

Long-stalled anti-bribery bill passes both Assembly and Senate unanimously

March 24, 2022 4:49 pmApril 6, 2022 11:41 pm

A bill expanding the state’s bribery laws to include candidates for office who do not hold any elected position unanimously passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature today; should Gov. Phil Murphy sign the legislation, it will mark a...

New Jersey files brief opposing New York’s attempt to block Waterfront Commission exit

March 22, 2022 9:56 amMarch 22, 2022 9:56 am

Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that last night, acting Attorney General Matt Platkin filed a legal brief with the United States Supreme Court opposing New York’s attempt at preventing New Jersey from leaving the Waterfront Commission Compact, which is tasked...

Ben Carson will give keynote address at NJ Republican summit

March 18, 2022 4:40 pm

The New Jersey Republican Party announced today that Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the administration of President Donald Trump, will deliver the keynote address at the state GOP’s annual leadership summit next...

What might a first-in-the-nation New Jersey presidential primary look like?

March 16, 2022 5:15 pm

The year is 2024. Ron DeSantis orders a “breakfast sandwich with pork roll” in Mahwah, and his poll numbers in North Jersey immediately drop by 10 points. The driver of Nikki Haley’s campaign bus gets in a screaming match with...

N.J. Democrats continued voter registration backslide in February

March 1, 2022 1:26 pm

The number of registered New Jersey Democrats declined once again in February, falling from 2,575,648 to 2,572,154, a decrease of 3,494. That backslide came in spite of an overall increase in the number of registered voters, from 6,599,226 to 6,603,125....

Norcross, Braca file request to exceed 10% cap in Republic First stock holdings

February 25, 2022 2:54 pmFebruary 25, 2022 4:19 pm

South Jersey Democratic powerbroker George Norcross and former TD Bank CEO Greg Braca sent a letter today to the Republic First Bancorp Board of Directors requesting that they be allowed to exceed a 10% ownership stake in the bank without...