POLITICS

SOMERSET, NJ — A decisive political victory and a strategic workforce investment are converging in Somerset County, underscoring a pivotal moment not only for...

In a major development for healthcare access in Monmouth County, Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6) has successfully brokered an agreement ensuring the continuation of acute-care inpatient services at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch. The legislative arrangement, reached in partnership with RWJBarnabas Health, Governor Phil Murphy, and state legislative leaders, safeguards critical hospital services for the Long Branch community while allowing the health system to expand operations at a new facility in Tinton Falls. The agreement addresses longstanding concerns among residents, clinicians, and local officials that eliminating inpatient services and a full-scale emergency department in Long Branch would create barriers to care, particularly for vulnerable populations. Under the new framework, Monmouth Medical Center will retain a...

With Election Day only weeks away, the fight for New Jersey’s governorship has become one of the closest and most consequential contests in recent memory. Democratic Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are running neck-and-neck, trading barbs in forums, clashing on taxes and infrastructure, and vying to capture an electorate weary of economic uncertainty and political division. Polls suggest the race could go down to the wire. Stockton University’s latest survey found the two candidates tied, while Emerson’s poll echoed that deadlock and Fox News gave Sherrill a modest lead. For political observers, this has quickly become a battle not just over who will occupy the governor’s office in Trenton, but over the broader future...