Governor Phil Murphy is headed to Iowa next week to campaign for presidential candidate Cory Booker. Murphy came out early with his support for Booker; he will appear next Tuesday at a campaign event. Iowa is the state that traditionally picks the presidential candidates.
There were no winners in the Mega Millions lottery drawing last night. Jackpot officials say the top prize for the Friday night drawing will be a whopping $530 million. The odds of winning are about 1 in 302 million.
Voter turnout is expected to be abysmal in New Jersey on Tuesday, which is primary election day. There are no hotly contested races on the state level, and in Cape May County, there are no contested races for party nominations for freeholder, or the New Jersey legislature. The polls will be open Tuesday until 8:00pm.
Authorities in the Delaware seashore town of Rehoboth are searching for a man who stabbed an 18 year old man on the boardwalk Saturday night. Photos of the suspect are being circulated on social media; the stabbing victim is recovering from the attack in a Delaware hospital.
There was one winning ticket sold in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing, worth $350 million. The winning ticket was sold in North Carolina; no winning tickets were sold in New Jersey. However, the Mega Millions jackpot rolled over Friday night, meaning the next drawing will be worth about $475 million.
An expansion of the medical marijuana program will soon be on the desk of Governor Phil Murphy for his signature. Lawmakers late Thursday approved a bill in Trenton that expands the medical marijuana program which allows patients to purchase more than two ounces of pot at a time. Forget about a bill to legalize recreational…
Senate President Steve Sweeney says if state government shuts down due to a lack of a budget, it’s Governor Murphy’s fault. Sweeney says the legislature is ready to approve a budget, but without a millionaire’s tax that Murphy insists needs to be in the budget, or he won’t sign it. A new budget is due…
There were no winners in last night’s Powerball multi-state lottery drawing. That means the top prize for the next drawing on Saturday night will be approximately $350 million. There were no two million dollar ticket winners in last night’s drawing.
Again, no winners in last night’s Mega Millions lottery drawing. One Match 5 winning ticket was sold in New Jersey. The estimated top prize for Friday night’s drawing, lucky 4’s…$444 million.
How big were the crowds this Memorial Day weekend? So big that some state beaches and parks actually turned away people, as they were packed to capacity. Some areas that were closed to new visitors this weekend included Bass River State Forest and the Wharton State Forest. This should result in agonizing traffic jams for…