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Citizen Murphy: NJ First Lady Announces Run For U.S. Senate Citizen Murphy: NJ First Lady Announces Run For U.S. Senate
Citizen Murphy: NJ First Lady Announces Run For U.S. Senate Tammy Murphy is hoping to go from Drumthwacket to the Capitol Building. Ending weeks of speculation, Murphy, the wife of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, announced on Wednesday, Nov. 15, she is running for U.S. Senate as a Democrat, in the seat currently occupied by embattled Senator Bob Menendez.  Murphy made the announcement in a four-minute autobiographical video, telling her life story while also highlighting her priorities as first lady, including reducing the state's maternal mortality rate and combating climate change. "I am so proud of everything we've accomplished but I know …

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by Sam Barron
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$3.75M Federal Grant Will Get Atlantic City 30 New Police Officers $3.75M Federal Grant Will Get Atlantic City 30 New Police Officers
$3.75M Federal Grant Will Get Atlantic City 30 New Police Officers Atlantic City will be able to hire 30 new police officers thanks to a $3.75 million federal COPS grant, officials said. Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr., and Atlantic City Police Chief James Sarkos announced the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Grant on Monday, Nov. 13. Atlantic City’s grant is the largest grant awarded in New Jersey, they said, and one of the largest 2023 grants provided nationwide. “Public safety is a top priority of my Administration, and we are constantly looking for ways to make improvements,” Small said in a press statement. “This funding for 30 new of…

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by Jon Craig
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NJ Voters To Sen. Menendez: Resign NJ Voters To Sen. Menendez: Resign
NJ Voters To Sen. Menendez: Resign New Jersey residents have a very unfavorable view of Bob Menendez. A Stockton University poll found just eight percent of New Jersey residents support Menendez, who was recently indicted on federal bribery charges, along with his wife, Nadine.  The poll found more than 71 percent said he should resign, and only eight percent want him to remain in office. The call for his resignation was bipartisan, with 78 percent of Democrats and 79 percent of Republicans in support. The couple has denied the allegations in the indictment. A majority of his Democratic colleagues have called on the se…

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by Sam Barron
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'Frightened Faces': Sen. Cory Booker In Israel Describes Horror During Surprise Hamas Attacks 'Frightened Faces': Sen. Cory Booker In Israel Describes Horror During Surprise Hamas Attacks
'Frightened Faces': Sen. Cory Booker In Israel Describes Horror During Surprise Hamas Attacks US Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey is safe, but he'll never be able to shake the horror he saw this weekend. The Harrington Park, New Jersey native posted a YouTube video, his backdrop the Old City in Jerusalem, on Sunday, Oct. 8.  Booker said he was jogging in Jerusalem on Saturday, Oct. 7, when he got an urgent call from his chief of staff, telling him to get back to the hotel immediately: Israel was under attack. Hamas, which controls Gaza, launched a surprise attack on Israel, wounding thousands and killing hundreds in the longtime conflict. “Citizens of Israel," Israeli P…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Did Menendez's Wife Get Special Treatment In Fatal 2018 Crash? AG Investigating: Report Did Menendez's Wife Get Special Treatment In Fatal 2018 Crash? AG Investigating: Report
Did Menendez's Wife Get Special Treatment In Fatal 2018 Crash? AG Investigating: Report Did Nadine Arslanian, the wife of indicted Senator Bob Menendez, get special treatment by police after she fatally struck a pedestrian in Bogota in December 2018?  The state's top prosecutor is apparently looking to find out. According to NBC New York, investigators from the New Jersey Attorney General's Office of Public Integrity & Accountability were at the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, Oct. 5, seeking documents related to the incident.  In an e-mail to Daily Voice, the AG's office said they do not confirm or deny investigations. Arslanian, who w…

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by Sam Barron
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Menendez Accepted Benz As Bribe Following Fatal Wreck Caused By His Wife In Bergen: Reports Menendez Accepted Benz As Bribe Following Fatal Wreck Caused By His Wife In Bergen: Reports
Menendez Accepted Benz As Bribe Following Fatal Wreck Caused By His Wife In Bergen: Reports A fatal 2018 car crash in Bergen County involving his wife is what led to embattled New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez accepting bribes to influence a criminal case, according to the federal indictment levied against him.  Nadine Arslanian, the now-wife of embattled Senator Robert Menendez, was involved in a fatal car crash in Bogota in 2018, according to The New York Times. The couple, who married in 2020, were dating at the time of the incident. Arslanian, who was also named in the federal indictments accusing Menendez of accepting bribes from the government of Egypt, among other indiscreti…

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by Sam Barron
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Sen. Cory Booker Says Bob Menendez Should Resign Sen. Cory Booker Says Bob Menendez Should Resign
Sen. Cory Booker Says Bob Menendez Should Resign Senator Cory Booker has joined the chorus of New Jersey politicians calling for Sen. Bob Menendez's resignation after Menendez and his wife were indicted on federal bribery charges last week. Booker said the trust and faith New Jerseysians had in Menendez have been shaken in light of the recent indictments, which he called "shocking" and said were "hard to reconcile with the person I know." "Senator Menendez fiercely asserts his innocence and it is therefore understandable that he believes stepping down is patently unfair," Booker said. "I believe this is a mistake. "Stepping down is not a…

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by Sam Barron
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Christie Running For President Christie Running For President
Christie Running For President Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is set to make it official: he's running for president again. According to Axios, Christie, who was born in Newark and grew up in Livingston, plans to announce his candidacy for the 2024 Republican nomination on Tuesday, June 6 in New Hampshire.  The 60-year-old, who served two terms leading the Garden State from 2010 to 2018, previously ran for president in 2016, but dropped out after a disappointing finish in New Hampshire and later endorsed Donald Trump. Christie has since become a critic of Trump, the current frontrunner for the Republican…

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by Sam Barron
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House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet
House Agrees To Legalize Weed, But Don’t Fire One Up Just Yet It was only 16 months ago that the U.S. House of Representatives approved the nation’s first attempted repeal of federal marijuana laws. Then nothing happened. Over in the Senate, then-Sen. Kamala Harris introduced a similar bill that metaphorically died on the vine. The House on April Fools' Day again agreed to legalize weed, taking the nation back to lawmakers' December 2020 attempt to toss the federal pot ban. Let's be blunt: The result will most likely be the same. Only a few Republicans joined the House majority in Friday’s 220-204 House vote to remove reefer from the 1970 Controlled…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Valentine's Day Heartbreak: Cory Booker & Rosario Dawson Reportedly Call It Quits Valentine's Day Heartbreak: Cory Booker & Rosario Dawson Reportedly Call It Quits
Valentine's Day Heartbreak: Cory Booker & Rosario Dawson Reportedly Call It Quits New Jersey lawmaker Cory Booker and Rosario Dawson reportedly spent this Valentine's Day apart after more than two years as a couple, People reports citing a source close to the New Jersey native. The senator and the New York City actress reportedly remain close friends.  The two connected at a political fundraiser for a mutual friend in Spring 2018, and began dating months later. Dawson apparently moved in with Booker in Newark in 2020, and accompanied him to Joe Biden's presidential inauguration the following year. View this post on Instagram …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Booker's $2,000 Annual Baby Bond Bonuses Reborn Booker's $2,000 Annual Baby Bond Bonuses Reborn
Booker's $2,000 Annual Baby Bond Bonuses Reborn A presidential campaign pitch to give every American baby up to $2,000 yearly until high school graduation has new life under a Democrat-led U.S. Senate.  U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, introduced legislation on Thursday for the federal government to create a $1,000 savings account for every newborn American baby. Dubbed baby bonds, the U.S. government would contribute up to $2,000 every year depending on a family's income. In essence, they are annual federal "stimulus checks" for American children. Booker's bond idea, first suggested during his failed primary…

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by Jon Craig
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Booker On COVID-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control' Booker On COVID-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control'
Booker On Covid-19: Mitch McConnell Poses Greatest Obstacle In 'Getting Crisis Under Control' With coronavirus cases rising dramatically nationwide, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker said the time is now "to get this crisis under control." "We cannot wait. We must do something now," Booker said during a daily COVID-19 briefing in Trenton on Monday. "It deserves a big response."  The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives remain at odds over what should b included in the next stimulus relief bill, recent news reports say. Booker said he will call on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, to take major action before President-elect Joe Biden assumes office in Janua…

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by Jon Craig
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Biden Takes NJ, Booker Wins 2nd Full Senate Term Biden Takes NJ, Booker Wins 2nd Full Senate Term
Biden Takes NJ, Booker Wins 2nd Full Senate Term New Jersey will remain a blue state: Joe Biden claimed the Garden State's 14 electoral votes in his bid for the White House, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker won another six-year term, the AP says. New Jersey hasn't elected a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in 48 years, and hasn't voted for a Republican president in 32 years. The AP called Biden's New Jersey win as polls closed around 8 p.m.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Murphy, Grewal Slam Trenton Councilwoman For Homophobic Telephone Rant Against Mayor Murphy, Grewal Slam Trenton Councilwoman For Homophobic Telephone Rant Against Mayor
Murphy, Grewal Slam Trenton Councilwoman For Homophobic Telephone Rant Against Mayor A Trenton councilwoman's vulgar, homophobic telephone rant to the capital city's mayor and another councilman drew outrage from the state's top elected officials. Councilwoman Robin Vaughn, who represents Trenton's West Ward, exploded into a screaming 10-minute tirade Saturday during a conference call with other city officials about the coronavirus outbreak, according to multiple media reports. Vaughn called Mayor Reed Gusciora a “pedophile” and accused another city official of performing a sex act on Trenton’s first openly gay mayor. She also referred to him as a “woman” and a “bitch a**.”…

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by Jon Craig
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VIDEO: Murphy Tours Newest Coronavirus Field Hospital In Middlesex County VIDEO: Murphy Tours Newest Coronavirus Field Hospital In Middlesex County
Video: Murphy Tours Newest Coronavirus Field Hospital In Middlesex County A second temporary field hospital to help with the overflow of patients during the coronavirus outbreak opened Wednesday morning in Middlesex County. Gov. Phil Murphy toured the 500-bed facility at the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison. The facility officially opens on Saturday, the governor said after his tour, which can be viewed here.  “We’ve got a really tough three weeks ahead of us and this is gonna make a huge difference,” Murphy said as he walked through the temporary hospital. “I want to thank everybody,” Murphy said, “Everyone stay inside. Bless you all.…

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by Jon Craig