By ANDREA CROWLEY-HUGHES UNION COUNTY, NJ — The governor swore in newly elected and appointed county commissioners at Tuesday’s reorganization meeting attended by distinguished guests at Union County Courthouse in Elizabeth. Gov. Phil Murphy contrasted the reorganization with “the fiasco in Washington” before swearing in the officials. Earlier that day Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to…Read More >>

By ANDREA CROWLEY-HUGHES PublishedDecember 30, 2022 at 11:32 PM UNION COUNTY, NJ — The county is a bright spot for women’s representation in politics during a year when such representation  “remains fundamentally stalled in New Jersey counties,” a report by the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) shows. CAWP, a unit of the Eagleton Institute…Read More >>

BY: NIKITA BIRYUKOV – DECEMBER 26, 2022 7:00 AM   This week marks the end of Senate President Nicholas Scutari’s first year at the helm of the upper chamber, and members of both parties say they are satisfied with his performance as the state’s most powerful legislator. Scutari, an attorney and former municipal prosecutor who first joined the…Read More >>

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Before a large contingent from the group Moms Demand Action and other “common-sense” gun law advocates, NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill strengthening the concealed carry gun laws in the state at the Scotch Plains Library on Thursday, Dec. 22. The occasion brought together a number of New Jersey’s most powerful…Read More >>

By David Wildstein, December 14 2022 7:51 pm Joseph C. Bodek, the longtime Linden City Clerk, was elected to the Union County Board of Commissioners this evening to replace Christopher Hudak, who resigned to become the Union County Surrogate. Bodek, who had the backing of Senate President and Union County Democratic Chairman Nicholas Scutari and Linden Mayor Derek…Read More >>