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2 days ago · The New Jersey Globe is an independent, professional news site chronicling the world of politics in New Jersey. Authoritative, comprehensive coverage of the people, policies and pageantry of the state.
Unopposed, Bollwage wins 9th term as Elizabeth mayor
Nov 6, 2024 · By David Wildstein, November 05 2024 9:26 pm. Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage has won a record ninth four-year term as mayor of New Jersey’s fourth-largest city, running unopposed. He is the longest-serving mayor in Elizabeth’s history. Four incumbents — Patricia Perkins-Auguste, Many Grova, Jr., and Frank Questa — ran unopposed.
Gottheimer, Sherrill will enter N.J. governor’s race
22 hours ago · Two New Jersey House members will launch their campaigns for the Democratic nomination for governor over the next seven days, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Tenafly) will announce his candidacy on Friday, November 15 at the Runway Diner in Hackensack. Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) will launch her campaign on ...
Read the independent review of New Jersey’s Covid response
By Joey Fox, March 11 2024 10:40 am. Today, the long-awaited independent review of New Jersey’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic was released, fulfilling a promise Gov. Phil Murphy made at the very beginning of the pandemic. The 910-page report, which was conducted by Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads, lauds many of the state’s efforts ...
2022 New Jersey Globe Year in Review
Dec 29, 2022 · 2022 New Jersey Globe Year in Review. By New Jersey Globe Staff, December 29 2022 11:00 am. If you’ve seen one year in New Jersey, then you’ve seen one year. Despite no statewide campaigns, Jersey Politics never disappoints, especially with 14 separate election days. Two dozen general election candidates combined to spend over $57 million ...
Governor Archives - New Jersey Globe
2 days ago · Sayegh says he’ll back Sherrill for governor. November 1, 2024 9:19 am. Mayor Andre Sayegh, the mayor of New Jersey’s third-largest city, pledged to support Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025 if she runs. “As mayor, I have always put first the residents of Paterson —...
News briefs from N.J. politics and government - New Jersey Globe
Oct 17, 2024 · News briefs from N.J. politics and government. The New Jersey Department of Labor reported the state added 19,200 in September, dropping the unemployment rate by 0.1 percentage point to 4.7%. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch) announced $250,000 in federal funding to build a playground near South Amboy’s Middle High School.
Officials hope to get long-term answers to NJ Transit struggles …
Oct 23, 2024 · A third-party investigation hopes to shed light on summer railway issues. Less than two weeks before the election, congressional Democrats toured New Jersey Transit’s plagued Northeast Corridor with Amtrak and NJ Transit leaders — but they said answers on the railway issues are still a month away. Reps. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), Andy ...
2021 New Jersey Globe Year In Review
Dec 30, 2021 · In the year that followed a presidential election conducted almost entirely through vote-by-mail ballots, New Jersey went to the opposite extreme in 2021 and opened in-person polling locations for ten days before Election Day as voters choose between Democratic incumbent Phi Murphy and GOP challenger Jack Ciattarelli in one of the most exciting gubernatorial elections in modern New Jersey history.
Fourth term will make Coughlin the longest-serving N.J. Assembly ...
Nov 9, 2023 · When he takes office in January, Craig Coughlin will become the longest-serving Assembly Speaker in New Jersey history. Assembly Democrats today unanimously today to give Coughlin an unprecedented fourth term as Speaker. Democrats picked up five seats in Tuesday’s midterm election, leaving them with a 51-29 majority for the next two years.