March 29, 2024 | In the News
A federal judge has granted an emergency request to force New Jersey to redesign its election ballot before the June primary, upending a longstanding source of electoral power for the state’s Democratic and Republican parties. The ruling, issued on Friday, is expected...
March 29, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey’s unique way of displaying county-endorsed candidates on the ballot has been struck down by a federal judge, after a lawsuit by Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), who is running for Senate, and two other Democrats running for Congress, who called the design unfair and...
March 29, 2024 | In the News
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...
March 29, 2024 | In the News
A long-simmering fight over New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design reached a federal courtroom Monday in a case that has the potential to upend not only the state’s tense U.S. Senate race but Garden State politics in general. A judge in U.S. District Court in...
March 29, 2024 | In the News
A federal judge on Friday took the “extraordinary” step of stopping the use of the preferential “county line” on ballots in this June’s primary elections. The decision is a big win for U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-3rd), now the front-runner for the Democratic U.S. Senate...
March 28, 2024 | In the News
Last September, when Bob Menendez, the senior senator from New Jersey, was indicted—along with his wife, Nadine—in a garish bribery scheme involving gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, one of the first elected officials to call for his resignation was Andy Kim, a...
March 27, 2024 | In the News
Congratulations to Fairfax, VA Deputy Director of Planning & Zoning Kelly O’Brien (MCRP ’09) for her Women of Influence Award: Celebrating Women Making a Difference in the City! Kelly O’Brien, a dedicated city resident and community member for 13...
March 26, 2024 | In the News
On Wednesday, the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy hosted a virtual webinar titled “Artificial Intelligence: Use, Abuse & An Exciting Future” as part of their “Intelligent Informatics @ Bloustein” webinar series. The...
March 26, 2024 | In the News
A 420-meter (quarter-mile) white steel tube running alongside a railway line in the windswept northern Netherlands could usher in a new era in the transportation of people and freight. The tube is the heart of the new European Hyperloop Center that opens Tuesday and...
March 25, 2024 | In the News
Former financier Tammy Murphy, whose bid for Senate enjoyed every advantage that New Jersey’s machine-driven politics could offer, stunned the political world when she abandoned her campaign for the Democratic nomination on Sunday, a day before the candidate...
March 25, 2024 | In the News
Rep. Andy Kim has already stunned New Jersey with his surging run for US Senate. Now he might turn the state’s entire political culture on its head. Kim, a Democrat, scored an early victory Sunday when his chief primary rival, New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy,...
March 25, 2024 | In the News
Bringing events to the resort has become a costly exercise over the past decade, and state agencies are helping to pay those increased costs more often. In recent years, the state has pitched in millions of dollars to bring events like the Miss America Competition,...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
First Lady Tammy Murphy says she is “proud of the overwhelming support” she received from Camden County Democrats at last weekend’s convention. And that, in a nutshell, tells you why she is unfit to a U.S. Senator. Because the bullies in Camden set up a fake election...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
New Jersey’s economy posted a loss for the first time in six months, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday, after the labor market showed signs of slowing last year. The New Jersey jobless rate in February hovered at 4.8%, where it’s...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
The end of the line could be near for New Jersey’s almighty political machine. A federal judge in Trenton is poised to rule as early as this week on a lawsuit aimed at kneecapping local bigwigs’ influence over party primaries and the nominating process. First lady...
March 24, 2024 | In the News
Sen. Bob Menendez was the quintessential New Jersey Democratic machine politician. Now he may have inadvertently become the biggest reformer Garden State politics has ever known. Menendez’s scathing federal corruption indictment in September unleashed a chain of...
March 22, 2024 | In the News
TRENTON, N.J. — On Sunday evening, Democratic Rep. Andy Kim celebrated a decisive win at the Atlantic County Democratic Committee’s convention, giving him an advantageous position on the county’s ballot in the June 4 Senate primary. The next day, Kim took the witness...
