During his budget address in February, Gov. Phil Murphy proposed a new corporate transit fee to serve as a “dedicated funding stream for NJ Transit” but now, just weeks away from the budget deadline, the fate of the fee and what it will fund is less clear. A new proposal presented by the Murphy administration […]
Last week, the two leaders in The House of Murphy offered a unified, macro-defense of New Jersey’s county line system, which gave us a two-term governor from Goldman Sachs. It is best summarized this way: Despite all the complaints from grassroots activists and progressives about the line balloting that gives endorsed candidates an unfair advantage […]
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is biting a political bullet to raise business taxes on the state’s largest companies in order to find hundreds of millions of dollars a year to fund its beleaguered mass transit system. It’s not the only tax increase in the $55.9 billion budget Murphy outlined Tuesday, but it is by […]
New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy’s campaign manager is leaving after a turbulent start to her bid for the Senate, a spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO. The departure of Max Glass — who was announced as Murphy’s campaign manager in January — comes amid important party conventions and early troubles for Murphy. She trails in public […]
LONG BRANCH — Tammy Murphy, New Jersey’s first lady and a candidate for U.S. Senate, pledged Saturday at the Monmouth County Democratic Party convention to be a bring-home-the-bacon representative if sent to Washington. But in a stunning rebuke, the pitch to her hometown county failed to to win over the majority of the 466 voting […]
Spring is months away, but as warmer weather arrives we can expect a familiar sight at garden centers and nurseries in New Jersey: a wide offering of non-native woody plants and perennials from foreign landscapes. These plants may be attractive, with blooms or fall colors that stand out in gardens, or easy to grow for […]
Gov. Phil Murphy wants the bus companies responsible for transporting migrants into New Jersey to give advance notice of the drop-offs. But will the companies comply? And will this spur towns impacted by the drop-offs to implement a similar tactic? Murphy’s office offered few answers in response to questions from NorthJersey.com about whether the bus […]