New Jersey Monitor

1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Terrence McDonald

Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba has a big hurdle to climb in her alleged pursuit of an investigation into our governor and attorney general: the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Habba said she’s pursuing a probe of Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkin over the state’s Immigrant Trust Directive, which bars law enforcement from becoming de facto immigration agents in the Trump administration’s mass deportation push.

1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor April 15, 2025 Gov. Phil Murphy says commuters should brace for some short-term disruptions to rail service as Amtrak replaces old wires and broken signals in an effort to prevent another summer of delays. Murphy met with Amtrak officials in Newark Tuesday to highlight repairs being made to the aging rail infrastructure that moves hundreds of thousands of commuters between New Jersey and New York daily.

1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

News that the CEO of the state’s grid operator is resigning provides an opportunity for the company to “reform its practices,” a New Jersey Senate Democrat said Tuesday. Sen. John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) said PJM Interconnection President and CEO Manu Asthana’s impending departure should signal a change in priorities for the company, which Democrats have blamed for skyrocketing electric rate hikes.

1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joined members of major progressive organizations in New Brunswick Monday to celebrate their decision last week to endorse his gubernatorial bid. Baraka, on his third term as mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, has made a push to claim the progressive lane in the crowded race to become New Jersey’s next governor as he vies with five other Democrats to win their party’s nomination on June 10.

1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Terrence McDonald

The Trump lawyer who is now New Jersey’s acting U.S. attorney ratcheted up the buffoonery this week with her claim that she will investigate our governor and attorney general. Alina Habba appeared on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show Thursday to say she’s opening an investigation into Gov. Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matt Platkin over the Immigrant Trust Directive, a state order that bars state and local police officers from becoming de facto immigration agents.