Ambitious Murphy gets political with #Parkland but fails spectacularly
By Matt Rooney _ Serious debates demand a common set of facts, Save Jerseyans, even if the debate’s participants walk away from those facts with […]
Month: February 2018
Pascrell: Win or lose, Nancy Pelosi won’t be back as speaker
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats could retake the House of Representatives in 2018, but one veteran Democrat congressman doesn’t expect House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to […]
Marco Rubio Cautions Against Pushing Gun Control Before Knowing All The Facts
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio cautioned against politicians pushing gun control in the wake of the school shooing Wednesday in his state and said all the […]
‘Don’t Raise Our Costs. Please’ – NJ Manufacturers Make Case to Lawmakers
The New Jersey manufacturing industry cannot find enough skilled labor to fill jobs – which is ironic since the state’s unemployment rate continues to lag […]
Cory Booker just took another step toward a run for president
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, criticized for campaign contributions from Wall Street and the drug industry, has sworn off corporate political action committee donations […]
Want to stop school shootings? Start by talking to a teacher.
By Matt Rooney _ Well, we’ve witnessed yet another gut-churning school shooting, Save Jerseyans, on Valentine’s Day no less, which this time has claimed the […]
VIDEO: Hugin talks drug prices, beating Bob Menendez on CNBC
NEW YORK, NY — One day after launching a campaign to unseat U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), former Celgene CEO Bob Hugin, a Republican, visited […]
NJ-02: Abandoning his “moderate” persona, Van Drew takes leftward turn on death penalty, pro-life issues
By The Staff _ A recent edition of the New Jersey Legislative Digest revealed something interesting about NJ-02 congressional candidate Jeff Van Drew (D-1), state […]
OPINION: Valentine’s Day is an unromantic, damned stupid holiday
By Dan Cirucci Posted with permission from The Dan Cirucci Blog — I hate the ballad, ‘My Funny Valentine.’ To me the song is sad and […]
Camden, Newark make “Murder Capitals of America” list
NEWARK, NJ — Better? Maybe, but still pretty bad. The real estate analytics company NeighborhoodScout has released a list of the 30 U.S. cities with a dubious distinction: […]
Democrat who opposes legal weed wants to increase tobacco fee instead
Selling cigarettes in New Jersey may become more expensive. Assemblywoman Valerie Huttle, D-Bergen, who says she opposes legalization of cannabis for taxation, is instead drafting […]
NJGOP Chair denounces “hollow” Murphy following act of political retaliation
TRENTON, NJ — Phil Murphy spent his entire 2017 campaign for New Jersey governor invoking the memory of Bridgegate as reason enough to make a change […]