NorthJersey.com Politics

08/09/2023

First thing I worry about 🆙 n entering a NJ beach is whether I’m going to get surrounded by a bunch of muscle heads from Staten Island.

Cape Cod beach goers have other concerns

06/19/2023

Charles Haas was lying in a small titanium-cased cylinder with the crew for the duration of the trip — three hours to get to and from the wreckage and six hours near the ocean floor exploring it. He wore six layers of clothes since the water temperature was near freezing at that depth. Water v***r from breathing condensed on the Nautile's ceiling and would drip on the three men. Read more about his experience.

Charles Hass said he was heartbroken that a submarine carrying five people to the Titanic vanished deep in the Atlantic Ocean Sunday night.

06/19/2023

The governor's officials confirmed Monday that they and leaders of the Legislature have agreed to a tentative deal on the “global framework” of a state budget plan. The final version, officials said would include some of the tax relief Coughlin had sought in his proposal — and addresses some concerns Murphy had with that plan.

There's an apparent deal for a state budget in Trenton that would include much of the StayNJ property tax rebate program.

01/05/2022

Members of Congress recount the trauma of Jan. 6. Some suffering PTSD from the riot, others collected poignant memorabilia.

The USA TODAY Network's Atlantic Group spoke to eight Congress members from the region about their experiences the day protesters stormed the Capitol.

09/29/2021

5 takeaways from Tuesday's surprisingly rowdy governor's race debate.

Incumbent Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, faced his Republican opponent, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, in their first debate Tuesday.

07/09/2021

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Trump's shadow comes to raise cash for Tom Kean Jr.'s 2022 race against Tom Malinowski

The House Minority Leader will headline a Congressional campaign fundraiser for Tom Kean Jr. That could spell Trumpist peril for Kean.

01/25/2021

Crony Justice is Trump's final parting gift to NJ. Nobody is complaining. It's the way people roll in this state.

As he decamped the White House last week, Donald Trump tossed out pardons to New Jersey influencers like confetti.

05/06/2020

The right-wing flexes its anti-labor muscle in Congress, blocking Sen. Bob Menendez's COVID bailout for states and cities -- for now.

Sen. Bob Menendez is fighting to get another aid plan through Congress. Maybe a better slogan would persuade some in the GOP.

04/20/2020

Dangerous disinformation in the Age of Covid.

Disinformation campaigns are a likely dress rehearsal for an expected wave aimed at wreaking havoc in this fall's presidential election.

04/17/2020

New Jersey is struggling to adequately deploy two keys to unlocking its economy one month after it began shutting down.

Years of funding cuts and delegation of contact tracing has led to a shortage of tests and the state's ability to know how and when to reopen the economy.

04/15/2020

Gov. Murphy's cameo role in Trump's hostage video

The governor is working to get ventilators, supplies and more from the president. Now he's being used in a campaign-style video.