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Fairfax County, VA – Fairfax County Mason District Supervisor Andres Jimenez has been charged with reckless driving after a Virginia State Trooper allegedly clocked his Porsche traveling 104 mph in a 70-mph…
President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is doing business with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law, a bombshell new report revealed Tuesday. A large leak of financial documents called the Paradise Papers…
TRENTON — Having lost the governorship, seats in both the state Senate and Assembly and numerous freeholder boards, New Jersey’s GOP has picked a new chairman to lead it out of the…
WASHINGTON — In just his third term in office, Rep. Tom MacArthur is helping to shape legislation in a way lawmakers who’ve been here a long time can only dream of. But…
Former Paterson Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres has only been in custody for a matter of days since a judge sentenced him to five years in prison on corruption charges, but his lawyer…
by The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Joseph Vicari, Gerry Little PRIVATE BOWE BERGDAHL is a deserter and should be treated as such, not awarded $300,000 in back pay and a…
WASHINGTON, DC- New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith today vowed to vote no to President Donald Trump’s tax relief plan citing the elimination of property tax deductions which would impact New Jersey homeowners.…
BAYVILLE — Gov. Chris Christie on Monday threw his support behind a Republican tax plan critics say will disproportionally harm New Jerseyans, as he and he and Ivanka Trump pitched it as…
Senator Sam Thompson invited to White House conference on State & Local Government Tax Reform Senator Sam Thompson (R-LD12) has been invited to the White House. The senator from Old Bridge who…
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Friday that if the allegations against Alabama candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore are true, he should step aside, and “should be dealt with severely.” But…
President Donald Trump’s popular daughter Ivanka has assumed a lead role selling tax reform in small venue events across the country this fall season. That push has become all the more critical…
LAKEWOOD-The Lakewood VAAD, an influential community council serving Orthodox residents here has denied claims that it had endorsed any candidates in the recent Jackson Township School Board election. In that election, longtime…
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP-Republicans James Byrnes, Angelo Guadagno, Judith Noonan and Sophia Gingrich leveled their opponents on election night in Berkeley Township, sending Democrats Gary Clifton, Donna Walesiewicz, Maria Morales and Lynn Hansen packing.…
TOMS RIVER-Ocean County’s state-level Republican leaders swept their Democrat opponents on election night in the polls. Candidates in Ocean County’s 9th, 10th, 12th and 30th legislative districts all went home winners Tuesday…
BRICK-Brick Republicans continue making no ground in their annual effort to fight back against a Democrat takeover of the township in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. Mayor John Ducey (D), swiftly defeated…
TRENTON — Phil Murphy, a former Wall Street executive and diplomat with no previous elected experience but deep pockets and strong ties to the Democratic Party, beat Republican Kim Guadagno Tuesday to…
BRICK — Police are searching for a driver who struck and seriously injured a person in a road rage incident Tuesday behind a Brick grocery store. The driver fled in an older…
TOMS RIVER-Republican Ocean County Freehold Joseph Vicari defeated his latest opponent, Helen Dela Cruz by an 18 point margin on election night, securing his seat on the Ocean County Board of Chosen…
TOMS RIVER-Toms River Township Republicans are reeling after a series of narrow losses in the polls on election night cost the party three seats on the all-Republican council. In Ward 1, Democrat…
TOMS RIVER-The battle between Democrats and Republicans for control of the Toms River School Board ended in failure on Election night. Republican-backed supporter, Ginny Rhine, formerly a Democrat Clean Slate Team member was…
JACKSON-Sharon Dey, a long time school board member who narrowly lost her re-election bid in 2016 came back strong on Election Day to win her 2017 election campaign. Also winning on election…