New Jersey’s Least Mysterious Mystery Solved The Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey made its debut with a bang this week, revealing details about the funding source of New Direction New Jersey, a dark money political advocacy organization that backs NJ Gov. Phil Murphy. SPCNJ is run by Mike Lilley, a former adjunct scholar at…Read More

NJ Politics Digest: NJEA Made $2.5M Donation to Pro-Murphy Dark Money Group A week after Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a bill strengthening disclosure requirements for contributions to “dark money” political groups, it was revealed that the state’s powerful teachers’ union contributed $2.5 million to a group pushing the pro-labor governor’s agenda. New Directions New Jersey…Read More

Sunlight on NJEA Flunky Sunlight Policy Center of New Jersey released their first report yesterday – “NJEA: New Jersey’s Political Machine“.  Excerpts below: The facts show that the most powerful special interest – the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) – has been the dominant force in New Jersey politics for over fifty years. The NJEA built…Read More

READ THE FIRST REPORT FROM THE SUNLIGHT POLICY CENTER OF NEW JERSEY: “NJEA: NEW JERSEY’S POLITICAL MACHINE” Who is funding New Direction New Jersey, the dark money group supporting Governor Murphy’s agenda?    No surprise: it’s New Jersey’s most powerful special interest, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).  This $2.5 million in surreptitious spending is just…Read More

Big source of Murphy ‘dark money’ group’s money is revealed By MATT FRIEDMAN 05/20/2019 07:20 AM EDT Good Monday morning! For 140 days, I’ve kept count of how long it’s been since the Murphy-aligned group“New Direction New Jersey” reneged on its promise to reveal its donors. But now I can reveal one of them. Hold…Read More

NJEA contributed $2.5M to Murphy-aligned ‘dark money’ group By MATT FRIEDMAN 05/20/2019 05:02 AM EDT The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest and most powerful teachers union, contributed $2.5 million to a “dark money” organization with close ties to Gov. Phil Murphy, POLITICO has learned. The donation to the political nonprofit New Direction New…Read More