CLARK, N.J. — Maybe, Save Jerseyans. Just maybe. The New Jersey State Building & Construction Trades Council endorsed Phil Murphy last year. The powerful building trades union also backed Tom MacArthur in both of his previous House races in the 3rd Congressional District, so there’s nothing about the union’s Tuesday endorsement announcement of MacArthur that’s […]
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CHATHAM, N.J. — Peter DeNeufville is a bit of a long-shot for the spring’s 11th Congressional District GOP nomination. He’s trying to make up for his late entry (and lack of institutional support) by directing his latest attacks not at presumptive Democrat nominee Mikie Sherrill or the other Republican candidates but Governor Phil Murphy. “The […]
By Matt Rooney _ The N.J. Chamber of Commerce is once again siding with the New Jersey politicians who stifle… commerce? Welcome to New Jersey, folks. Where belonging to Club Trenton, and everything that goes along with it, supersedes all other rational, moral and in this case self-respect considerations. SaveJersey.com has been covering this angle […]
By Matt Rooney _ In case you’ve missed it, Save Jerseyans, our Democrat Governor Phil Murphy and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (a Republican) are in an op-ed war; Abbott penned a piece for NJ.com earlier this week urging New Jerseyans to flee high taxes by relocating to the Lone Star State, and Murphy retaliated on Wednesday evening […]
UNION COUNTY, N.J.— The giant U.S. baby food company Gerber is the latest corporation to flee tax-toxic New Jersey, Save Jerseyans, announcing plans this week to relocate from its Florham Park headquarters to Arlington Virginia. Gerber says it will invest $5 million and create 150 new jobs at its Virginia location. 180 New Jerseyans will lose […]
By: Alex Cucciniello _ As if millennials and other young people needed more reasons to flee New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy is about to give them another one. He is ready to sign legislation recreating the Obamacare health insurance penalty that President Trump and the Republican Congress gratefully freed us from. The legislation is backed […]
TRENTON, N.J. — At this point? Ignorance is bliss for New Jersey voters. For now at least. According to the results of a new Morning Consult survey, only 37% approve of Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) while 33% disapprove. However, a full 30% registered no opinion. That’s the 14th worst net approval (approve vs. disapprove) of […]
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Democrat Governor Phil Murphy’s polling position could be a lot worse, Save Jerseyans, but the results of a poll released Wednesday suggest there’s room for both improvement as well as electoral danger. The numbers: 44% approve of Murphy’s job performance while 28% disapprove. 28% have no opinion. There’s a partisan split […]
By The Staff _ Phil Murphy aims to give illegal immigrants FREE legal aid with your money, Save Jerseyans. $2.1 million for FY 2019 is the initial investment. One popular estimate places New Jersey’s illegal immigrant population at 500,000. Save Jersey contributor Katie Cericola explains why Governor Murphy’s latest hyper-political plan is more than a little insulting […]
TRENTON, N.J. – Less than three months into his gubernatorial tenure, Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) has acknowledged New Jersey’s dire fiscal condition but continues to spend like it’s a new Gilded Age. A massively expensive “free” college plan, unveiled Thursday, is one of the more extreme examples. Something less large-scale? But no less gross for it? Also […]
By Matt Rooney _ Phil Murphy doubled-down on his wind power fantasy on Wednesday, Save Jerseyans, telling the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum in Princeton (which might be the most liberal string of words ever written, together, on this web site) that he’s bringing in a Danish off-shore wind company (close second) to open an office […]
By Matt Rooney _ Battling your own party’s Senate president is ominous enough for a new governor. If Phil Murphy can’t keep the regional media on his side, Save Jerseyans? This might be a quick four years. Enter my friend Kevin Riordan — a veteran columnist covering South Jersey for The Philadelphia Inquirer – who unlike […]
New Jersey will still consider applications to open or expand new charter schools, even as it mulls revisions to its charter school law, the state’s top education official said Thursday …
By The Staff _ Even as New Jersey passes dramatic new gun control laws, Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) is planning to spend $2 million for a Center on Gun Violence Research. Save Jersey contributor Katie Cericola think it’s an investment worth questioning: – –
TRENTON, N.J. — As New Jerseyans continue to unpack Phil Murphy’s reckless inaugural budget, Save Jerseyans, it’s increasingly clear that the billions in waste is not just massive in scale but also disproportionately benefiting non-Americans and continuing to further the Democrat Governor’s questionable priorities. “The Governor will support New Jersey residents against Washington attacks by allocating […]
By Matt Rooney _ The NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen will battle it out on Friday night, Save Jerseyans, but there’s a different tournament (of sorts) going on this year in New Jersey politics. Republican Bob Hugin’s U.S. Senate campaign is having some fun with it. “Murphy and Menendez are anything but Sweet,” reads the campaign’s Facebook […]