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New Booker 'Super PAC' Airs a Message: We Don't Need More Candidates. We Have Cory.
With Sen. Cory Booker’s campaign still struggling to break through in fundraising and at risk of being excluded from the Democrats’ December debate, a new super PAC has emerged from the swamps of New Jersey to support Booker. Its message: We don’t need more candidates; we’ve got Cory.
Booker's Unique Strength: More Than 80 Relatives Pulling for Him in Iowa
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Travel with Sen. Cory Booker and it will quickly become apparent that he has family in nearly every politically important state for a presidential candidate. His mother lives in Nevada. There’s the uncle from North Carolina, and a cousin in Florida.
Cory Booker Wants to Talk About Child Poverty
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey rolled out a broad set of policy proposals Thursday that seek to significantly reduce child poverty, including by offering a $300 monthly cash allowance to most families with young children.
Cory Booker Lags Leaders but Hits Fundraising Goal to Stay in Race
Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey raised more than $6 million in the past three months, his campaign said on Tuesday, his best fundraising quarter yet but one that still falls short of the leading candidates’ hauls.
Newark Says Water Crisis Is Easing as Lead Filters Prove Mostly Effective
NEWARK, N.J. — Officials in New Jersey’s largest city announced Monday that thousands of water filters handed out to residents had significantly reduced lead in drinking water to safe levels.
The Fall and Rise of the Town Springsteen Made Famous
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — This is a city that music put on the map. Bruce Springsteen called it home, elevating a cramped rock club called the Stone Pony to legendary status and attracting national attention to a thriving local music scene.
A Novel Gun Control Strategy: Pressure Banks and Retailers
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — New Jersey intends to stop doing business with gun manufacturers and retailers that fail to adopt policies, like conducting background checks, to stop guns from falling into the wrong hands, becoming the first state to take such stringent action against the firearms industry.
Pressing Businesses on Guns Is New Strategy in New Jersey
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — New Jersey will stop doing business with gun manufacturers and retailers that fail to adopt policies that go beyond federal laws, like conducting expanded background checks, to stop guns from falling into the wrong hands, becoming the first state to take such stringent action against the firearms industry.
Newark Hastens to Replace Its 18,000 Lead Service Lines in Under 3 Years
NEWARK, N.J. — Weeks into an escalating public health crisis caused by elevated levels of lead in the water, officials announced on Monday a new $120 million plan to expedite the replacement of ancient service pipes in New Jersey’s largest city.
Newark Water Crisis: Racing to Replace Lead Pipes in Under 3 Years
NEWARK, N.J. — Weeks into an escalating public health crisis caused by elevated levels of lead in the water, officials announced Monday a new $120 million plan to expedite the replacement of ancient service pipes in this city.
These 3 Cities Are Destinations for Democrats. They're Not in Iowa.
MILWAUKEE — An energized crowd of 500 packed into a mixed-use space here on a summer Sunday afternoon to hear a rousing stump speech from Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who was making the final stop in a 12-day campaign blitz in a state that won’t hold its primary until April.
Marauding Sea Gulls Have Met Their Match
OCEAN CITY, N.J. — They are deft predators of the French fried potato, able to pluck a fresh wedge in the milliseconds it takes a single fry to travel from its container to a human mouth.
She Was Loyal to Chris Christie. Now She Will Go to Prison for Bridgegate.
On Aug. 13, 2013, Bridget Anne Kelly, a top aide to former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, fired off an email to a colleague at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
She Was Loyal to Chris Christie. Now She Will Go to Prison for Bridgegate.
On Aug. 13, 2013, Bridget Anne Kelly, a top aide to former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, fired off an email to a colleague at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
She was Loyal to Chris Christie, But Now She Faces Jail Time for Bridgegate
On Aug. 13, 2013, Bridget Anne Kelly, a top aide to former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, fired off an email to a colleague at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee.”
On Home Turf, Booker Says, 'We Can't Wait'
NEWARK, N.J. — Drawing on themes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Sen. Cory Booker pitched his campaign for president in newly urgent terms Saturday, declaring, “We are here today to say we can’t wait” as he laid out his vision for addressing the economic and social ills of the country.
Cory Booker, Citing a Rising Newark, Pitches a Campaign of 'Justice'
NEWARK, N.J. — Drawing on themes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Sen. Cory Booker pitched his campaign for president in newly urgent terms Saturday, declaring, “We are here today to say we can’t wait” as he laid out his vision for addressing the economic and social ills of the country.Cory Booker, Citing a Rising Newark, Pitches a Campaign of 'Justice'
NEWARK, N.J. — Drawing on themes from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” Sen. Cory Booker pitched his campaign for president in newly urgent terms Saturday, declaring, “We are here today to say we can’t wait” as he laid out his vision for addressing the economic and social ills of the country.Effort to Legalize Marijuana in New Jersey Collapses
TRENTON, N.J. — A monthslong effort to legalize marijuana in New Jersey collapsed Monday after Democrats were unable to muster enough support for the measure, rejecting a central campaign pledge from Gov. Philip D. Murphy and leaving the future of the legalization movement in doubt.
Effort to Legalize Marijuana in New Jersey Collapses
TRENTON, N.J. — A monthslong effort to legalize marijuana in New Jersey collapsed Monday after Democrats were unable to muster enough support for the measure, rejecting a central campaign pledge from Gov. Philip D. Murphy and leaving the future of the legalization movement in doubt.
