June 5 was the most important primary night for 2018 with a handful of states hitting the polls. Most eyes stayed on California since the state has a crazy jungle primary, which means the top two candidates will land on the ballot even if they’re in the same party.
It looks like...
One would think the Democratic legislature of New Jersey would be eager to pass a tax hike on millionaires now that the state has a Democratic governor. After all, they passed the hike five times during the tenure of Republican Chris Christie even though they knew he would veto it.
Gov. Phil...
Scandal-ridden Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has taken a tumble in polls, which means his re-election isn’t such a sure thing.
Menendez only has a four point lead over his Republican challenger Bob Hugin, a former pharmaceutical executive.
American citizens in New Jersey will now compete for higher education funding with non-citizens. It will cost the state nearly $5 million in its first year, or at least that’s their best guess. In truth, they have no clue how much it will cost.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA) that outlawed sports gambling in most states.
New Jersey just passed a law making college financial aid available to illegal immigrant students. The Garden State is the 10th to do so.
But how much is it gonna cost? No one knows.
From NJ.com:
The law makes unauthorized immigrants eligible for the same state-funded college financial aid programs available to other New...
Embattled New Jersey Sen. Menendez got his hand swatted Thursday by the Senate Ethics Committee.
Menendez has spent the last several years embroiled in a legal battle over allegations he took money and gifts from Democrat donor, Salmon Melgen.
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) has proposed his first budget, and it’s loaded with new taxes and tax policy that is intended to raise approximately $1.6 billion in new tax revenue.
The tax increases are being met with mixed reactions from New Jersey Democrats; some favor the proposals, some don’t think...
You may not have heard of Brendan Tevlin. His murder has received precious little national media coverage.
In September 2014, we asked, Why is the Brendan Tevlin murder so underreported?
The Democrats have another opportunity to take a seat in the House of Representatives since House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) has announced he will retire at the end of his term. He has represented New Jersey’s 11th district since 1995.
Legal Insurrection readers will recall the California legislature’s attempt to create a special government fund as a “charity” for taxpayer donations to mitigate the loss of state and local tax (SALT) deductions in the recently passed GOP tax plans.
The politicians must have realized the approach was full of fail, so now...
What can you say about soon-to-be-former governor of New Jersey Chris Christie? At one time, it seemed his star was rising, that he was destined for the White House. That is the historical moment to which Christie apparently clings.
Christie, who leaves office—and almost certainly any political future—on January 16th, believes that...
One of the very few things I miss about Massachusetts is the occasional full-service station where the attendant would pump your gas for you. These were few and far between, but very handy when there’s a 20 degree windchill and your eyelids feel in danger of freezing shut every time you...
Many of us will look back on 2017 with some regrets. However, few will have as many as blue state Democratic politicos who decided to embrace the #Resistance instead of acting as true representatives of their states’ citizens. Rather than negotiate or compromise with either President Trump or the Republicans, they...
Judge William Walls has officially declared a mistrial in Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial after the jury came back deadlocked again.
The jury came back deadlocked on Monday and the judge sent them home early and told them to try again. They did, but could not reach a decision on...
The closing arguments have been made in the bribery and corruption trial for New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez. It’s now up to a jury to decide his fate.
Embattled Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez will now face a jury for 18 counts of bribery and corruption after a federal judge refused to drop any of the charges Monday.
This is the second time Menendez’s request to dismiss the charges has been denied.
