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U.S. News & World Report
February 9, 2018
An activist whose long battle with immigration officials has drawn support from Democratic politicians in New York will avoid deportation for now. Feb. 9, 2018 ... Separately, Ragbir appeared in a court in Newark, New Jersey, to ask a judge to halt deportation while he appeals the 2001 wire fraud conviction.
ThinkProgress
February 8, 2018
The report, “The Power Behind the Pipelines: PennEast Pipeline,” reveals the army of revolving-door lobbyists with ties to New Jersey politicians and Pennsylvania regulatory agencies working on behalf of the pipeline. In New Jersey alone, PennEast has more than a dozen registered lobbyists withÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
February 7, 2018
A man crosses the street outside the Novartis Greek offices in Athens, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. Greece's government says it has evidence that senior politicians from the previous administration were involved in a bribery case in which Swiss drugmaker Novartis is accused of making illegal payments to fixÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
February 7, 2018
J.B. Pritzker speaks to the media as Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and others look on at MacArthur's Restaurant in Chicago on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP) The Associated Press. Democratic candidate for governor, J.B. Pritzker greets patrons of MacArthur'sÃÂ ...
WBUR
February 7, 2018
After all, a politician accepting a donation and later taking actions favored by the donor is simply politics as usual — it happens every day. ... New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez was accused of trading favors for $700,000 in donations and lavish vacations, but last week the corruption case against himÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
February 6, 2018
NEW YORK (AP) — A livery cab driver who shot himself to death outside New York's City Hall on Monday had posted on Facebook hours earlier that politicians had destroyed "a once thriving industry" and driven him to financial ruin. Douglas Schifter, 61, drove up to the east gate of City Hall on MondayÃÂ ...
The Trentonian
January 16, 2018
“It's a great new beginning for New Jersey,” said Watson Coleman, the state's first female African-American elected to Congress. “This is a governor who believes in the diversity of New Jersey, the strength of New Jersey, and the hopefulness. So I think that all of the people of New Jersey will be representedÃÂ ...
Cape May County Herald
January 15, 2018
NEWARK – U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, sent a bipartisan letter signed by U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and New Jersey Governor-elect Phil Murphy urging U.S. Department of InteriorÃÂ ...
NJ.com
January 15, 2018
On his final full day in office, Gov. Chris Christie on Monday signed a controversial bill into law that will increase the pensions of former Camden Mayor Dana Redd -- a Democratic ally -- and some other elected New Jersey officials. Christie made no statement on the measure, which was one of 150 he tookÃÂ ...
Motherboard
January 10, 2018
As we saw in the recent elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and Alabama, there is widespread appetite for progressive first-time politicians who care deeply about improving the lives of those who live in their communities. “Our theory of change is that we should run everyone everywhere for everything,” RossÃÂ ...
NJ.com
January 10, 2018
The crisscross of former allies and opponents knits a complicated web of politics in New Jersey's largest city as it revs up for an election that's already elicited mud-slinging and personal attacks online -- months before political intentions were ever announced. In the circus that inevitably comes to NewarkÃÂ ...
theday.com
January 10, 2018
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to lawmakers before delivering his final state of the state address at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. He will be turning over state government control to Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, who takes office on Jan. 16. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez).
theday.com
January 10, 2018
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to lawmakers before delivering his final state of the state address at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. He will be turning over state government control to Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, who takes office on Jan. 16. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez).
NJ.com
January 7, 2018
By James J. Florio. Our gubernatorial election in New Jersey may be a harbinger of a positive change in the values of American voters -- an indication of the maturing of judgment about political leaders. The alienated views that many citizens have about politics in general results in the low turnout we see inÃÂ ...
NJ Spotlight
January 1, 2018
It seems appropriate now, in the wake of the new federal tax law that New Jersey remember the immortal words of Pogo, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” The sentiment is directed at all the state politicians who are crying over the “unfairness” of the new federal tax-reform measure that caps theÃÂ ...
NorthJersey.com
December 18, 2017
A bill to sweeten the pensions of some New Jersey politicians continued its fast-tracked move through the Legislature on Monday, even as lawmakers admitted they still didn't know exactly whom it would benefit or how much it would cost the state's beleaguered public employee pension system. The bill isÃÂ ...
NJ.com
December 14, 2017
State lawmakers have resurrected controversial legislation that would allow some elected officials in New Jersey -- like the well-connected outgoing mayor of Camden -- to collect larger pensions. It's being fast-tracked in the state Legislature's lame-duck session before a new governor and set of legislatorsÃÂ ...
WWL
December 31, 1999
... ended in a mistrial Thursday when the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on all charges against the New Jersey politician and a wealthy donor. ... That's rare among politicians,” said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University who has advised Democrats and Republicans in theÃÂ ...
The Trentonian
December 31, 1999
“Opening the Atlantic coast to oil and gas exploration poses serious risks to the local marine wildlife, the fish populations which our commercial fishermen rely upon for their livelihood, and seriously threatens our pristine state beaches that we enjoy and rely upon for economic activity in New Jersey. We canÃÂ ...
Politico
December 31, 1999
In a famous transcript of mob figures talking about New Jersey politicians, their harshest words are reserved for the state's 47th governor. They called Byrne an “S.O.B.” and a “Boy Scout.” “Trying to buy him only makes it worse,” one mobster said, according to a 2014 biography of the former governor.
News 12 New Jersey
December 5, 2017
A Jersey City artist has taken the notoriously rough and tumble aspects of New Jersey politics and turned them into art. Artist Amy Wilson says that she has found inspiration in some of the absurd or vulgar things New Jersey politicians are sometimes caught saying. For example, Wilson recently announced ...
New Jersey Herald
December 5, 2017
FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, Democratic New Mexico state Sen. Michael Padilla stands at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. Padilla withdrew his name as a candidate for lieutenant governor on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, while continuing to deny decade-old allegations of sexual ...
NRA ILA
November 29, 2017
Far from the first time, New Jersey anti-gun politicians are once again attempting to implement duplicate gun control legislation and call it a victory. “Bump stocks” are already prohibited in New Jersey under the state's existing and Draconian semi-auto “assault weapons ban” because it has a pistol grip and ...
NJ.com
November 28, 2017
Every time this question is asked of New Jersey politicians, they seem to run and duck their heads in the sand. This includes Murphy, who ...
Asbury Park Press
November 20, 2017
Watch the video at the top of the page to see just how unpopular Christie became with New Jersey residents. This story continues at the bottom ...
ABC News
November 16, 2017
... the 18 counts against the New Jersey politician or his co-defendant, a wealthy Florida eye doctor accused of buying Menendez's influence by ...
NorthJersey.com
November 15, 2017
Seemingly almost overnight, Christie was the first New Jersey candidate to have a serious shot at winning the presidency since Woodrow ...
Asbury Park Press
November 14, 2017
New Jersey's Congressional delegation has both Democrats and Republicans fighting this, but there are several exceptions. Watch the video at ...
PEOPLE.com
November 9, 2017
Less than a year after a local New Jersey politician, John L. Carman, mocked the Women's March online, he was defeated by a woman who ...
CNBC
November 8, 2017
... for New Jersey governor Tuesday. Murphy has had to defend his more than 20 years at Goldman while pushing a progressive platform. He has tried to avoid the shadow of the state's last Democratic governor, the unpopular Jon Corzine, who was Goldman's CEO before becoming a New Jersey politician.
The Guardian
November 8, 2017
A New Jersey politician who shared a meme on Facebook during January's Women's March in Washington asking whether the protest would be “over in time for them to cook dinner” has been forced to eat his words. A woman who was angered by Republican John Carman's remarks defeated him on ...
HuffPost
November 8, 2017
Growing up in New Jersey, the Sikh American politician told HuffPost he regularly faced bullying and harassment at public school because of ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 8, 2017
FRANKLIN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey lawmaker who was heavily criticized for sharing a picture of himself standing by a Confederate flag has ...
CNBC
November 6, 2017
New Jersey's next governor could be a Democrat who worked at ... who was Goldman's CEO before becoming a New Jersey politician.
U.S. News & World Report
October 25, 2017
Bob Menendez are attacking the theory that the New Jersey Democrat ... for the recent overturning of several politicians' corruption convictions.
Asbury Park Press
October 25, 2017
Guadagno: I believe New Jersey has an incredible opportunity to fix the .... the people of New Jersey know better than the politicians in Trenton.
Hellenic News of America
October 25, 2017
... and claims his opponent initially ran for mayor as a reformer but “has proven himself to be the most transactional politician in New Jersey.
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
October 25, 2017
Government is the problem in New Jersey. We need to control and reduce costs of doing business. Politicians like Phil Murphy are doing their ...
New Jersey 101.5 FM Radio
October 25, 2017
“Instead of pursuing this $7 billion public relations stunt, New Jersey politicians should dramatically reform their tax code, making it as broad ...
Chicago Tribune
October 17, 2017
New Jersey dangles $7 billion in tax breaks for Amazon's HQ2 ... The New Jersey politicians announced they are submitting a bid to Amazon ...
Shore News Magazine
October 13, 2017
HOWELL-Amy Cores, a challenger to New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer has invited the longtime senator who represents Lakewood to ...
Philly.com
October 13, 2017
While politicians squabble over CHIP reauthorization 9 million kids are at ... Brenda Isabela Romero, at Cooper Health in Camden, New Jersey.
New Jersey Herald
October 13, 2017
(AP) — A former Pennsylvania politician who molested a 103-year-old nursing home resident has been sentenced to 23 months' probation.
Page Six
October 6, 2017
Cory Booker of New Jersey said he was donating the $7,800 his campaign received to the New Jersey Coalition Against Sexual Violence.
NBC 10 Philadelphia
October 5, 2017
A New Jersey politician has received criticism from lawmakers on Wednesday after wearing a Confederate flag jacket patch. Republican ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia
October 5, 2017
A New Jersey politician has received criticism from lawmakers on Wednesday after wearing a Confederate flag jacket patch. Republican ...
NJ.com
September 28, 2017
A New York state lawmaker has been selected to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency region in charge of New Jersey. Republican ...
NJ.com
September 27, 2017
The three New Jersey companies were among those receiving the highest scores in the seventh annual Index of Corporate Political Disclosure ...
MERRY JANE
September 15, 2017
However, lenient state laws and the prevalence of Native American casinos have turned AC into a ghost town, and left New Jersey lawmakers ...
New Jersey Herald
December 31, 1999
Detroit home to one of America's most accomplishing politicians ... who, in an unlikely place, might be America's most accomplishing politician.
