TRENTON, N.J. – A new fire engine can cost more than $1 million and a new garbage truck can be $300,000 or more. Assemblyman Michael Torrissi’s bill that cleared the Assembly State and Local Government Committee on Monday will make financing those purchases easier by extending the length of bonds...
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TRENTON, N.J. – As New Jersey continues to combat ‘period poverty,’ or the inability for some women and girls to purchase menstrual products, a need to protect the people who donate to the cause has also grown. The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday passed the New Jersey Feminine Hygiene...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis’ bill easing the mental health practitioner shortage by entering New Jersey into an interstate counseling compact passed the Assembly on Thursday. The measure (A5311) provides for licensure reciprocity so that licensed counselors can provide services in any member state via telehealth without the...
TRENTON, N.J. – Legislation authored by Assemblywoman Victoria Flynn increasing the competitive advantage of New Jersey-based insurance companies nationally while potentially reducing policy costs for Garden State residents, passed the Assembly on Thursday. Flynn’s bill (A4785/S3409) would allow for higher foreign investment limitations, thus allowing New Jersey insurance companies...
TRENTON, N.J. – A bill passed by the Assembly Judiciary Committee Monday removing criminal convictions from being a disqualifier for potential jurors harms the justice system, says Assemblyman Robert Auth. Under the legislation (A977) amended by the committee, any person with past convictions of indictable offenses would be permitted...
TRENTON, N.J. – The task force members for StayNJ were announced Monday, but how much they will be paid wasn’t. That stood out to Assemblyman Brian Bergen, who noticed Gov. Phil Murphy failed to say how much money the force’s executive director will be given. “While seniors have to...
TRENTON, N.J. – Flaws in New Jersey’s legislative process were exposed Thursday when the Youth Suicide Prevention Advisory Council testified in the Assembly Women and Children’s Committee that they weren’t originally consulted on legislation requiring them to prepare a report on suicide prevention instruction in schools. The claim caused...
TRENTON, N.J. – Vacant properties owned by Jersey Shore towns, like the former First National Bank in Spring Lake, could soon be more attractive to investors thanks to a bill sponsored by Assemblymen Sean Kean and Ned Thomson and passed by an Assembly committee on Thursday. The bill (A5565)...
TRENTON, N.J. – “Do not divide veterans by gender,” said veterans during the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Thursday as they testified against a bill giving businesses owned by women veterans state contract preferences. Reaffirming his position as detailed in an op-ed published Thursday, U.S. Army veteran and...
TRENTON, N.J. – Inspired by the family of a longtime Sussex County volunteer EMT, Eskil “Scott” Danielson, who died in the line of duty in 2016, Assemblymen Hal Wirths and Parker Space sought to change the state’s workers’ compensation law to protect surviving spousal benefits for all emergency responders....