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It took a long time for Gov. Phil Murphy to decide to shut down the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, New Jersey’s troubled women’s prison. But once a scathing report into the continuing sexual violence at the century-old complex was released, the decision came quickly. Senior administration sources, speaking on background, said closing the prison had been discussed long before the governor ...
Among the takeaways from New Jersey’s primary election: Party bosses maintain a powerful hold over candidates, winners and losers alike.
Republicans nominate former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli as their nominee to take on Gov. Phil Murphy over more conservative, Trump-fashioned alternatives.
Gov. Phil Murphy has said it's too soon to ease the state's indoor mask mandate for vaccinated people. Will it help him during an election year?
Murphy not backing down on indoor masks, and even MSNBC wonders why. Here are the politics behind that. NJ.com 3 hrs ago Matt Arco, nj.com © Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Adva/Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Adva Gov. Phil Murphy talks with actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg at a vaccination event in East Orange last week. New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut. Like New Jersey, all are Northeast states hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, with Democratic governors who imposed sweeping restrictions to battle it, sometimes in coordination. And all of them have announced ...