Lonegan says he’ll run for Congress in South Jersey (via NJ.com)
TRENTON — Steve Lonegan, the firebrand former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, is running for a House seat. Lonegan told The Star-Ledger today that he will run for the South Jersey U.S. House of Representatives seat held by U.S. Rep. Jon Runyan…
Home for Christmas: Brick soldier surprises mother with early return from Afghanistan (via NJ.com)
BRICK — When Leslie Ann Ruggiero unsealed a red envelope this morning she thought contained a card from the Santa Claus sitting on a bench behind her, she put her hand over her mouth and started to cry. “It’s my baby,” she said, holding a postcard…
Cory Booker, Rand Paul and a Festivus miracle (via NJ.com)
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Rand Paul had a Festivus exchange yesterday that could one day lead to drug policy and sentencing reforms. It began with Paul’s “airing of the grievances,” a tradition that is part of Festivus, the fictional Dec. 23 holiday…
Short Hills mall shooting: Essex sheriff says mall stopped using his officers for outside security 3 years ago (via NJ.com)
In the wake of last week’s carjacking that left a Hoboken attorney dead outside The Mall at Short Hills, Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura said today that it’s time for New Jersey’s shopping complexes to beef up security in parking lots and other…
Short Hills mall carjacking suspects had criminal records ranging from bank robbery to burglary (via NJ.com)
NEWARK — When Basim Henry robbed a Union Township bank in November 2003, it was not hard to connect him to the crime. He had driven his white Pontiac to the bank on Morris Avenue, authorities said, and left it parked illegally on an adjacent side…
Authorities identify 4 men arrested in connection with deadly Short Hills carjacking (via NJ.com)
By Ted Sherman and James Queally/The Star-Ledger NEWARK — Nearly a week after 30-year-old Hoboken lawyer Dustin Friedland was gunned down in a deadly carjacking while returning to his vehicle in an upper level parking deck of the Mall at Short Hills…
BREAKING: Arrests made in connection with fatal carjacking outside Short Hills mall (via NJ.com)
MILLBURN — Four men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Hoboken lawyer during a carjacking outside the Mall at Short Hills on Sunday, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s office. A press conference has been scheduled for 9 a.m. this…
Explainer: How Redistricting Can Shape Elections — and What Happens When It Does (via NJSpotlight)
What’s responsible for the extreme divide between Republicans and Democrats in Congress, and to a lesser extent, in Trenton? Some political observers believe part of the problem is the way we draw legislative and congressional districts. These days…
The 5 worst political campaigns of 2013 (via NJ.com)
Wednesday we gave you the top five best campaigns of the year, so today we’re bringing you the worst. With dozens of races to choose from we crunched the numbers and chose five (and two runners up) that were notably bad. Some are on for their execution…
Opinion: Can the Democrats Cash in on George Washington ‘Bridgegate’? (via NJSpotlight)
By any measure, the last four years of Democratic control of the Legislature yielded the party little political benefit. But the Democrats may be able to recover some lost ground, courtesy of what started as a hellacious tie-up on the George Washington…
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