TRENTON, N.J. – In a parody ad released on YouTube Wednesday, the Assembly Republican Office in Trenton slams the state’s teachers’ union for its latest 15-second TV commercial calling outspoken parents “extremists.” The parody, “If the NJEA was honest in its commercials,” says the New Jersey Education Association has...
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TRENTON, N.J. – Gender identity and oral and anal sex are just some of the topics covered in the new health and sexual education standards approved by the state Board of Education in June 20202 during the height of Gov. Phil Murphy’s Covid-19 lockdowns. School districts are required to...
TRENTON, N.J. – Creating a government-run board to control prescription drug prices in the medicine chest of the world, aka New Jersey, is bad for business and innovation, say Republicans. WATCH: Can Bureaucrats Really Lower Drug Prices?Reina Smrdelj, a legislative analyst at the Assembly Republican Office, reveals the potential...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey’s controversial firearms storage bill is broken down in the latest episode of “<Three,” a new YouTube series from the Assembly Republican Office that dissects Democrat policies. Steven Szemple, a Republican legislative analyst, explains the real-life consequences of the Democrats’ so-called New Jersey Safe Storage...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Ned Thomson’s bill that allows county airports to operate independently was signed into law on Friday. The legislation (A2861) permits county governments to manage an airport as a public utility, which would separate it from other county accounts and aid in expansion and economic development....
TRENTON, N.J. – Local governments will receive state aid for mosquito control efforts under a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Parker Space and signed into law on Friday. “New Jerseyans are blessed to be able to experience so many different environments from dense forests to vast wetlands, but with that natural...
TRENTON, N.J. – Pennsylvania’s corporate tax cut must be a catalyst for change in New Jersey, says Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips. The lawmaker is calling on legislative leadership to prioritize his bill to lower New Jersey’s highest-in-the-nation 11.5% corporate business tax rate before companies, jobs and families move to the...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywomen Kim Eulner and Marilyn Piperno say the Department of Education’s directive to schools requiring additional Start Strong assessments in the fall fails to help students who need the extra support now. The Monmouth County lawmakers argue it illustrates the Murphy administration’s lack of planning and...
TRENTON, N.J. – Three weeks after the enactment of the FY2023 budget, requests for changes to the appropriations bill made by lawmakers and the executive branch have still not been made public. Assemblywoman Aura Dunn, a member of the Assembly budget committee, proposes to put an end to the...
TRENTON, N.J. – Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign-style speech at the NAACP national convention in Atlantic City on Monday cost New Jersey taxpayers $3.2 million. During the state Legislature’s last session, the Democrat majority posted and passed a bill (S4218) that appropriated $2 million to support the costs associated...