| November Tue, 2023
NJ reflects on ‘trailblazer’ Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver’s decades of public service
"There's an expression, 'lift as you climb', and that's what she always did," said Debbie Walsh, the director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. "She was always looking back to see who she could help bring along."
| November Tue, 2023
Trump Indictment: Accessing the Charges
The 45-page, four-count indictment of former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election accuses him of conspiring to defraud the United States. In an interview with NJ Spotlight News, John Farmer Jr., former New Jersey attorney general and director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, breaks down the charges.
| November Mon, 2023
Oliver Tribute: John Farmer
Eagleton Institute Director and former Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr. released the following statement on the death of Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver: “With Sheila Oliver’s passing, New Jersey has lost a true and dedicated public servant and Rutgers has lost a great friend and champion.
| November Mon, 2023
New Jersey Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, the first black woman to be speaker of the General Assembly in New Jersey and first to serve as lieutenant governor, died Tuesday August 1
“She was devoted in both her private and public careers to improving the lives of ordinary New Jerseyans and to creating a just, equitable New Jersey that elevated all of its citizens,” said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics.