TRENTON, N.J. – Three state lawmakers slammed a bill creating special benefits for employees at Newark Liberty International Airport and the adjacent train station during a March 25 Assembly voting session. The bill (S989), which the Democrats call the “Healthy Terminals Act,” sets a prevailing wage schedule for any...
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TRENTON, N.J. – Republican lawmakers in the Assembly and state Senate Thursday again pushed to move forward legislation putting a 14-day cap on any rule Gov. Phil Murphy issues, citing the Civil Defense and Disaster Control Act, unless it receives legislative approval. Murphy declared both a state of emergency...
TRENTON, N.J. – A bill that would eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent crimes was passed with only Democrat support because it included ending definite punishment for corrupt elected officials. The inclusion of public corruption, termed official misconduct, was made by a state senator whose girlfriend’s son faces current...
TRENTON, N.J. – At an Assembly session Monday, Assemblyman Hal Wirths moved to immediately pass $300 million in aid to small businesses and non-profits by motioning that his bill (A5085) be made the “order of the day,” which would set it up for debate and a floor vote. Assembly...
TRENTON, N.J. – With a lineage tracing back to the first proprietors of the state of New Jersey and the first Assembly in 1703, Assemblyman Ned Thomson’s mini biography released today provides a unique look at the actuary turned lawmaker. From helping those less fortunate by donating the fish...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick led the Republican response to Gov. Phil Murphy’s State of the State message Tuesday on a Zoom call with reporters immediately following the broadcast on social media.
TRENTON, N.J. – During her clinical training at New York University in the 1970s, Assembly Republican Conference Leader Nancy Munoz was told to walk with a sense of purpose – a motto she applied to her 35-year nursing career and the New Jersey General Assembly since 2009. After her...
TRENTON, N.J. – One of the newest lawmakers in Trenton, Assemblyman John Catalano, discusses family, business and the work ethic he brings to the legislature in the Assembly Republican Office’s sixth mini-biography. Watch: John Catalano: Busy people get things done Catalano, of Brick, was sworn into the Assembly in...
SPARTA, N.J. – Following Assemblyman Parker Space’s comments that the governor’s plan to restart the state’s economy was more of a road block than a road back, he issued an online petition and video calling for concrete plans to reopen businesses and get people back to work. WATCH: Parker...
LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Assemblyman Erik Simonsen recorded an original song that pays tribute to all those serving on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic from his home in Lower Township in Cape May County. Simonsen, who has spent more than two decades as a singer/songwriter, performs his “Thank...