There is an age-old reference about folks who can’t see the forest from the trees. I have always found this statement interesting and applicable to many ...

Op New Jersey has lifted the veil on its power grid—pushing PJM Interconnection to become more transparent. While this move won’t cut rates overnight, it ...

George E. Norcross (1928-1998), the father of a U.S. Congressman, the managing partner at a major New Jersey law firm, and the state’s most powerful ...

As New Jerseyans celebrate Labor Day, here are seven labor leaders of the last whose names ought not to slip from the memories of those who closely follow ...

The last New Jersey Democrat to lose a U.S. Senate race in New Jersey was Paul Krebs (1912-1996), labor leader and one-term congressman from Livingston.

John J. Giblin (1909-1975) was one of New Jersey’s most powerful labor leaders, serving as president of the International Union of Operating Engineers ...

One of the notable New Jersey conflicts of the 1970s was the rivalry between labor leader Joel R. Jacobson (1918-1989) and Frank Sinatra. Sinatra and Dean ...

Thomas P. Giblin got hooked on New Jersey politics at the age of seven, when his father won a seat on the Essex County Board of Freeholders in 1954.  Over ...

Before Bill Bradley, there was Harry C. Harper. Known as “Hackensack Harry,” Harper spent ten seasons as a major league baseball pitcher.  The big ...

Louis P. Marciante (1898-1961) was the president of the New Jersey American Federation of Labor (AFL) from 1934 until his death from a heart attack at age ...

Raymond J. Donovan, a New Jersey construction company executive, served as U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1985.

One of the most influential labor leaders in New Jersey's history was Vincent J. Murphy (1893-1976), who spent nine years as the president of the New ...