Archive for Tag: Aura Dunn

Dunn pushes to certify sober living homes, operators following state report

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s legislation creating a process to certify sober living homes and owners would protect patients in recovery and support a state agency’s recommendations following its report on widespread misconduct in New Jersey’s addiction rehabilitation industry. “By certifying sober living homes and operators, New Jersey...

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Fiscal cliff is avoidable with better planning and accountability, Dunn says

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn says Trenton’s kicking-the-can-down-the-road attitude by creating and leaving problems for the next guy is no way to govern. She’s fighting to bring more transparency and accountability to the legislative process. “Politicians come and go. The guy is always the New Jersey taxpayer,” Dunn...

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Dunn pushes to enhance state child tax credit following vote in Washington

TRENTON, N.J. – A bill to gradually increase the refundable cap on the federal child tax credit to $2,000 passed the House on Wednesday, and now Assemblywoman Aura Dunn wants New Jersey to follow suit. “Both parties in Washington recognized the need to enhance the federal tax credit to...

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Transparency for the budget will never be provided by NJ Democrats, says Dunn

TRENTON, N.J. – The budget process has been opaque the past few years, facing criticism for introducing the appropriations act and passing it without a fully public process. Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy said he would like to change that process, but doubted it would happen this year, according...

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Assembly passes bill that extends child care subsidy payments

TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly on Monday passed a bill that extends subsidies to child care centers based on enrollment, not attendance. The legislation, sponsored by Assemblywoman Aura Dunn, addresses the challenges the government lockdowns created for those centers, often small businesses owned and operated by women of color....

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Dunn bill requiring NJ colleges to stock opioid overdose drug goes to governor

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s bill requiring public and private higher education institutions in the state to stock a nasal spray that acts as an opioid overdose antidote made it a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing both the Assembly and Senate. “Having the drug readily...

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NJ colleges required to stock opioid overdose drug under Dunn bill passed by committee

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s state and national efforts to make college campuses safer for students paid off Thursday as the Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced her legislation requiring New Jersey’s public and private higher education institutions to stock an opioid overdose antidote known as naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray....

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Promises of property tax relief fall short when state agency won’t answer the phone, says Dunn

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblywoman Aura Dunn’s district office in Chester has been fielding dozens of calls from constituents desperate for help filing for property tax relief under the state’s new Anchor program by the Dec. 29 deadline. The lawmaker says neither the residents nor her staff have been able...

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Dunn bill that bolsters civil damages for revenge porn victims passes Assembly

TRENTON, N.J. – Revenge porn victims are closer to being able to sue for higher civil damages in state court, after the Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that would increase monetary awards for emotional distress caused in such cases. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk for...

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