A key tool that enables contractors to trap building services personnel in low-wage work has been upended by a bipartisan majority at the Federal Trade Commission.
New Jersey
Posted inTransportation
Un-Pausing New York’s Congestion Pricing Pause
Whether the city has a functioning public transportation system may rest with Washington, or better yet, New Jersey.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rep. Tom Kean Cashes In
The congressman owns a stake in a company that benefits from offshore wind legislation he co-sponsored as a New Jersey state senator.
Posted inPolitics
Democrats Finally Jump Into Critical New Jersey Race
Sue Altman, former head of the state Working Families Party, is neck and neck in a suburban swing seat. Democratic campaign organizations had resisted giving ad support—until today.
Posted inPolitics
End of the Line for the New Jersey Machine?
A primary election for Rep. Rob Menendez Jr., son of the indicted senator, will test the power of party bosses in the Garden State.
Posted inTAP
Republican Disarray
Today on TAP: How fractured are the Republicans in Congress? Let us count the ways.
Posted inPolitics
The Machine Crumbles
Andy Kim has not only pulled off a major upset. He may have transformed the political culture of an entire state.
Posted inTAP
Andy Kim vs. the Machine
Today on TAP: Kim files suit against the ‘unjust and undemocratic’ New Jersey county line, while winning Democratic convention votes to cut into Tammy Murphy’s advantage.
Posted inPolitics
Trading Hard Corruption for Soft Corruption
New Jersey’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary, likely the end of the road for twice-indicted Robert Menendez, will be shaped by similarly distasteful machine politics.
Posted inPolitics
Andy Kim Takes the Leap
The three-term New Jersey Democrat explains to the Prospect why he decided to challenge indicted Sen. Robert Menendez.
