VTC’s Leigh Ann Von Hagen Named Sustainability Hero

VTC’s Leigh Ann Von Hagen Named Sustainability Hero

Sustainable Jersey named Leigh Ann Von Hagen a 2024 Sustainability Hero. Leigh Ann is a managing director and adjunct professor with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center and a founder of the Planning Healthy Communities Initiative at the Edward J. Bloustein...
Controversial bill to revamp NJ public records law yanked

Controversial bill to revamp NJ public records law yanked

New Jersey Assembly leaders pumped the brakes on the steamroller seeking to amend the state’s Open Public Records Act, acknowledging the widespread opposition to a host of changes that would make it more difficult for the public to gain access to public documents. The...
Who Picks Your Politicians?

Who Picks Your Politicians?

TOMS RIVER – Voters choose who they want to lead them, but how did the politicians even get on the ballot to begin with? That starts with the leaders of the two main parties. Ocean County’s political landscape will undoubtedly undergo significant shifts as a result of...
Nepo babies of N.J.

Nepo babies of N.J.

It’s a concept now front-and-center in Jersey politics as First Lady Tammy Murphy goes for a U.S. Senate seat and is being accused of having the path cleared for her in the Democratic primary because her husband happens to be the still-very-powerful Gov. Phil Murphy....
Fighting New Jersey’s Ballot Bosses

Fighting New Jersey’s Ballot Bosses

Sometimes election meddling takes place in plain view. Consider New Jersey’s “party line” ballots, which let county bosses put their favored primary candidates front and center, relegating the rest to the periphery. A lawsuit in this year’s Senate race is asking for...
Sarlo’s OPRA stink bomb needs to be defused

Sarlo’s OPRA stink bomb needs to be defused

Just when taxpayers got used to the notion that public records actually belong to the public, our most powerful lawmakers have decided that it’s time to choke off access. In a state notorious for government corruption and poor transparency, New Jersey’s Legislature...
Who Picks Your Politicians?

A Ballot Blowup Is Roiling New Jersey’s Senate Race

There’s a whole lot of yelling in American politics these days. Yet what erupted Sunday night at a Democratic Party convention in central New Jersey was extraordinary, even by Trump-era noise standards. “No! No! No!” came the shouts from the audience. “This is...
Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change

Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change

The world isn’t on track to meet its climate goals — and it’s the public’s fault, a leading oil company CEO told journalists. Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO Darren Woods told editors from Fortune that the world has “waited too long” to begin investing in a broader suite of...