Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has appointed influential labor leader Anthony Abrantes to serve as a commissioner of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. Abrantes is the Assistant ...

Special interest groups spent $110,560,405 on statehouse lobbying in 2025, the first time spending has crossed the $110 million threshold, according to New Jersey election officials. The New Jersey ...

Up until now, New Jersey has not been on the front lines of the nationwide mid-decade congressional redistricting war, but that may be starting to change. During an appearance on CNN last night, Gov.

Brian Varela’s campaign for the 7th congressional district picked up its first union endorsement today: 32BJ SEIU, a major property services union that ...

Rep.-elect Analilia Mejia (D-Glen Ridge)’s special election victory last night in the 11th congressional district was a massive landslide, one that sends the progressive Democrat to Washington with a ...

The New Jersey Globe interviewed Andrew Zwicker for this week’s conversation with a state legislator. The fifth installment follows interviews with Luanne Peterpaul, Dave Bailey Jr., Doug Steinhardt, ...

Rebecca Bennett is up with her first ad of the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 7th congressional district, a digital spot that emphasizes her military background and her two kids. A first-time ...

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) has missed a month’s worth of votes on Capitol Hill due to a medical issue, and his office has not said what the issue is or when he’s likely to be back. Harrison Neely ...

Former Assemblyman Alberto Coutinho, a prominent member of the Portuguese-American community in the Ironbound section of Newark who served two stints in the New Jersey State Assembly, died this ...

Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Wednesday signed a trio of immigration-related bills that she said will protect the constitutional rights of New Jerseyans, over the objections of Republicans who say the bills ...

Rebecca Bennett finished county convention season with a win in Morris County, narrowly defeating fellow 7th district candidate Michael Roth for the Morris Democratic endorsement. In the first round ...