A fight over a Jersey City agency’s request for state approval to borrow $157 million dollars offers a peek into the snide back-and-forth New Jerseyans may witness as it searches for its next governor. The bonding request has a handful of Republican leaders trading barbs with Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop — the only Democrat […]
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Sen. Menendez Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption, Bribery Charges
Sen. Bob Menendez pleaded not guilty to three bribery and corruption charges in a New York federal courthouse Wednesday morning, days after an unsealed indictment alleged the senator received cash, gold bars, and a luxury car in exchange for his political influence. Menendez, a Democrat, was released on a $100,000 bond and was forced to surrender […]
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A Defiant Sen. Menendez Says He Will Not Resign From U.S. Senate
Sen. Bob Menendez appeared in Union City Monday to deny federal bribery charges that were unsealed in an indictment Friday and to reiterate that he does not intend to step down from the U.S. Senate, despite pressure from top Democratic leaders. Menendez, a Democrat whose political career launched in this Hudson County city nearly 50 years ago, […]
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Activists Call for Change After Police Kill Bergen-Lafayette Man
A police killing in Bergen-Lafayette Sunday has renewed calls from social justice activists who say mental health professionals, not police officers, should respond to calls involving people going through mental crises. Sunday’s fatal encounter came five months after Paterson police shot and killed a man whose family said was exhibiting signs of mental illness, and […]
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Pompidou is a ‘Circus of Excess and Waste’ says GOP Report
A Republican lawmaker is urging the state to audit Jersey City’s planned French art museum, calling the project slated for outside the Journal Square PATH station a symbol of “unconscionable excess.” Sen. Michael Testa (R-Cumberland) asked the state Senate GOP office to conduct a review of the project, and a memo Testa released Monday says the project’s […]
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New Law Aims to Bring Uniformity to Reporting of Election Results
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law Thursday that will make reporting of election results more uniform statewide. Supporters said they believe the changes will bring clarity to the reporting of election results and restore faith in the elections process that may have been undermined by recent claims of widespread voter fraud nationwide. It won […]
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Housing Group Cites Jersey City as Least Affordable for a Two-Bedroom Apartment
Jersey City has achieved the dubious distinction of becoming New Jersey’s least affordable metro area for renting a two-bedroom apartment according to a new study. Prepared by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the report looked at both the number of hours and the hourly wage required to afford a two-bedroom apartment in rental markets […]
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N.J. Expands Health Care Coverage to all Children, Regardless of Immigration Status
Republished courtesy of New Jersey Monitor Another 16,000 children can now get health care coverage regardless of their immigration status, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday at an event highlighting the state’s Jan. 1 expansion of its Medicaid program. The expansion is the newest phase of the “Cover All Kids” initiative intended to provide access to […]
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Menendez and Colleagues Express Frustration over Failed House Speaker Votes
Republished courtesy of New Jersey Monitor Rob Menendez Jr. showed up to the U.S. Capitol with his wife, two kids, and other family members in tow on Tuesday, ready to be sworn in and begin his first day as a member of the House of Representatives. But by Wednesday, after the new Congress failed to elect […]
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Mukherji’s Involvement in Fulop-Leased Hoboken Cannabis Shop Questioned
Republished courtesy of New Jersey Monitor Assemblyman Raj Mukherji’s involvement in a cannabis dispensary plan in Hoboken is leading to allegations of unfair political influence by critics of the plan who are intent on keeping the dispensary from opening. Mukherji, a Hudson County Democrat who represents Hoboken in the state Assembly, helped connect the people […]