Hello fellow denizens of NJ, we've returned after our hiatus. We were stuck on the Garden State Parkway for the last few weeks. Anyway, we're off that god-forsaken highway and back to podcasting! We have updates on some oldies but some goodi

Short Drive Through District 9

May 22nd, 2018 4m 19s

Over the next few weeks, the Parkway Politics crew will post short yet informative monologues on the individual districts of New Jersey. In this episode, Brian goes over the 9th district: the district's location, demographics, current represent

Short Drive Through District 8

May 19th, 2018 7m 49s

Over the next few weeks, the Parkway Politics crew will post short yet informative monologues on the individual districts of New Jersey. In this episode, Jay goes over the 8th district: the district's location, demographics, and the primary can

Short Drive Through District 7

May 18th, 2018 13m 10s

Over the next few weeks, the Parkway Politics crew will post short yet informative monologues on the individual districts of New Jersey. In this episode, Ron goes over the 7th district: the district's location, demographics, current representat

Short Drive Through District 12

May 14th, 2018 5m 24s

Over the next few weeks, the Parkway Politics crew will post short yet informative monologues on the individual districts of New Jersey. In this episode, Brian goes over the 12th Congressional District. There truly isn't much going on in this

Short Drive Through District 11

May 13th, 2018 14m 19s

Over the next few weeks, the Parkway Politics crew will post short yet informative monologues on the individual districts of New Jersey. In this episode, Jay goes over the 11th district: some background on the current incumbent and why this di

Short Drive Through District 10

May 11th, 2018 8m 1s

Over the next few weeks, the Parkway Politics crew will post short, yet informative monologues on the individual districts of New Jersey. In this episode, Ron briefly talks about the 10th district's political landscape and how it's looking for

A Deep Drive into the Parkway State's Pension Crisis

May 3rd, 2018 49m 50s

This week's episode is focused solely on the New Jersey pension crisis: the history of how we got here, the current situation, and what can expect from the future if New Jersey doesn't take concrete action to meet its pension obligations.

Abbot Wins, Everyone Move to Texas

Apr 28th, 2018 1h 1m

We start off talking about some great legislation that was in the works in Trenton and has now been signed by Murphy: equal pay, oil drilling ban, and automatic voter registration. We also talk about some new developments regarding the location

New Polls, Anti-Vaxxers, and Dems vs. Murphy

Apr 12th, 2018 40m 28s

With Brian taking the day off, Jay and Ron discuss the struggle to regulate Facebook. They also review polls on certain state related issues, give their take on a new vaccine legislation and discuss the power struggle in Trenton between Phil Mu

Lots of Laws and an Interesting Interview

Apr 4th, 2018 1h 12m

The New Jersey state legislature was quite productive in late March so we go over some of the legislation being passed and being considered in Trenton. We go over the six gun laws passed in the State Assembly, some great pieces of legislation

No Money, Mo' Problems: Murphy's Budget Proposal

Mar 22nd, 2018 1h 5m

NJ Governor and Michael Keaton stunt double Phil Murphy unveiled his first budget proposal last week and we take a lot of time to go over it and provide our thoughts on what it will mean for the state of New Jersey as well as possible roadblock

Voting rights, teacher's strike, Bob Hugin, and more

Mar 13th, 2018 35m 11s

In this week's episode, it's just Jay and Brian and they talk about a variety of stories this week: a possible Jersey City teacher's strike coming soon, a poll on New Jerseyans and their views on some tax policies, Senator Bob Menendez's 2018 o

Dirty DuPont, Millionaire's tax, Gateway Tunnel, and drilling

Mar 7th, 2018 50m 22s

This week's episode is particularly special because we have a new host! We welcome Brian Karabinchak as a regular co-host on Parkway Politics. That should be enough reason to tune in but if not, we also talk about a story that The Record and

Marijuana Update, Murphy's First Bill, and Guns

Feb 27th, 2018 48m 5s

We discuss the proposed legislation on gun control in New Jersey and its potential impact on gun violence. We also touch on a proposed compromise on legalizing marijuana, Phil Murphy's first law regarding funding for women's health services, an

Bobby H

Feb 21st, 2018 38m 34s

This week, we're a little less New Jersey focused because we wanted to talk about the unfortunate (and-avoidable-if-Republicans-grew-a-spine-and-passed-gun-legislation) shooting in Florida. We discuss the NRA and its influence and also touch on

loop-around

Feb 13th, 2018 53m 31s

This week, we discuss Phil Murphy and his legislative agenda including the marijuana legalization effort which is now running into hurdles in the NJ legislature. We also go over some 2018 races for Congress.

Sour Patch Kids for All

Feb 6th, 2018 53m 7s

We discuss the upcoming races in New Jersey and give our take on the outlook for the Democratic party in November 2018. Then we go over the basics of the new tax law and how it impacts New Jersey.