TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie are slamming Gov. Phil Murphy, his administration and Trenton’s Democrat majority for cutting funding from suburban school districts, which is failing to provide students with transportation and a thorough and efficient education. “Parents and stakeholders must know who is responsible for...
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TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly Agriculture and Food Security Committee on Thursday advanced a bill to address New Jersey’s shortage of veterinarians who treat livestock and other large animals. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie, says it is an investment in the Garden State’s farming future and ensures rural...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey veterans with certain medical training will be able to more easily transfer their skills to licensed practical nursing careers under a bill signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday and sponsored by Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis and Assemblyman Alex Sauickie. “New Jersey veterans will now...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Alex Sauickie is applauding a recent court ruling that says the state must consider the strain of state-mandated transportation costs on school budgets when determining if a district receives constitutionally adequate state funding. The nearly decade-long lawsuit, filed by a Lakewood Township School District educator and attorney, argued that the state...
TRENTON, N.J. – Schools in Assemblyman Alex Sauickie’s legislative district have been ravaged by state aid cuts under the state’s school funding formula, popularly known as S2. They have been forced to slash staff and programs while other districts saw their state aid balloon. If taxpayers in his district thought...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey must protect its precious and valuable agricultural lands from potentially hostile foreign investors, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie says. Sauickie, the newest member of the Assembly and its Agriculture and Food Security Committee, said he is working hard to protect farmland and recently had a major reform of...
TRENTON, N.J. – The process for determining the value of farmland acquired for preservation could soon be updated in the farmer’s favor under a bill that passed the Assembly on Thursday. Assemblymen Alex Sauickie and Rob Clifton sponsor the legislation that creates a new appraisal formula for the state’s...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey veterans with certain medical training may soon be able to transition to licensed practical nursing careers more easily, thanks to a bill passed by the Assembly Thursday and sponsored by Assemblywoman Michele Matsikoudis and Assemblyman Alex Sauickie. “Transitioning to civilian life can be difficult,...
TRENTON, N.J. – Municipalities could soon have access to model ordinances to aid them in addressing warehouse expansion and construction under a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Alex Sauickie and passed by an Assembly committee on Monday, Dec. 12. The bill (A4950) requires the State Planning Commission to prepare, adopt...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Alex Sauickie’s first bill signed into law will ease the relocation process for service members and their spouses and dependents by allowing them to use their out-of-state driver’s licenses while temporarily stationed in New Jersey. Sauickie’s bill (A325), signed by acting Gov. Sheila Oliver Monday, exempts...