Tracey Tully

3 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Tracey Tully

Leaders of Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New Jersey, were preparing for a Cinco de Mayo festival late one night when the news began to spread: The mayor planned to use eminent domain to seize their church and its 11 acres of land. Under his plan, the church, which was founded in 1865, would be replaced by 10 pickleball courts, a soccer field and a playground with a nautical theme, according to an engineer’s drawing.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

The mayor, Ras Baraka, is suing Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, who dropped charges against him soon after his arrest near an immigration jail. Mayor Ras J. Baraka of Newark, a Democratic candidate for governor who was arrested last month outside an immigration detention center, filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, that argues that his arrest was motivated by political malice, not justice.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

As voters cast ballots for governor of New Jersey, President Trump looms large. When Donald J. Trump was in the thick of his first campaign for the White House, Jack Ciattarelli, then a Republican state assemblyman mulling a run for governor of New Jersey, called the soon-to-be commander in chief a "charlatan" who was "out of step with American values.""Sitting silently and allowing him to embarrass our country is unacceptable," Mr. Ciattarelli said in a 2015 statement.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

The Republican and Democratic primaries will be held on June 10. Early voting hours begin on Tuesday across the state. Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey is barred by term limits from running for re-election, and the specter of an open seat has unleashed fierce battles among Democrats and Republicans hoping to succeed him. Before the general election in November, each party will choose a nominee in a June 10 primary.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Tracey Tully

Representative LaMonica McIver faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark, the city where she rose to political power. Fifteen days after President Trump was sworn in for the second time, and just a month into her first term in Congress, Representative LaMonica McIver of New Jersey donned a red blazer and took center stage at a large demonstration in Washington.