1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (226+ words) Sussex County Republican Chairman Joseph LaBarbera was arrested on Saturday on gun-related charges. The incident occurred around 2 PM on Saturday afternoon, and police arrested him a few hours later in the parking lot of a local restaurant. A former decorated…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (145+ words) Digital ad targets swing voters in key House race By David Wildstein, September 10 2026 1:55 pm A national gun violence prevention group founded by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has launched a 10-day, $350,000 independent expenditure criticizing Republican Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. for voting…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (245+ words) By David Wildstein, September 09 2026 11:37 am A statewide effort is underway to recruit progressive candidates to run for State Senate and Assembly in 2027 who can mount campaigns without the backing of county political organizations and established party networks in Democratic primaries....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (249+ words) Lt. Governor denies using his post to pursue women By David Wildstein, September 09 2026 10:49 am Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell sent a letter to the state’s chief ethics officer in May denying allegations that he used his office to romantically pursue women,…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (328+ words) Joseph S. Fay (1892-1972) spent decades as one of New Jersey’s most politically influential labor leaders, but a scandal that landed him in prison also changed the outcome of a race for governor of New Jersey. Fay was the business manager of…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (1245+ words) Father of Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin headed Operating Engineers Local 68 By David Wildstein, September 07 2026 12:14 am John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 68, chairman of the national…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (313+ words) Political whiz kid ran Tom Kean’s gubernatorial campaign By David Wildstein, September 07 2026 12:03 am Roger Bodman, who managed the closest gubernatorial race in modern New Jersey history, became the youngest Commissioner of Labor in state history when Gov. Tom Kean nominated…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (479+ words) Father of Rep. Donald Norcross, Democratic powerbroker George Norcross III By David Wildstein, September 07 2026 12:17 am George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful Democratic powerbroker, spent…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (1038+ words) Served as N.J. CIO president, and in Brendan Byrne’s cabinet By David Wildstein, September 07 2026 12:18 am One notable New Jersey conflict of the 1970s was the rivalry between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean Martin were playing blackjack…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (670+ words) Both Democrats and Republicans favor allowing long-time immigrants to remain while deporting criminals By Jonathan D. Salant, September 02 2026 9:00 am WASHINGTON — The privately-run Delaney Hall detention center may remain a divisive issue in New Jersey, but both Democrats and Republicans living in…...