TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Budget Committee member Al Barlas criticized Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address delivered before a joint session of the Legislature Tuesday, for failing to address the school funding formula and educational challenges. “During the governor’s budget address we did not hear a word about learning loss...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christian Barranco says failed federal policies are endangering Americans, including soldiers stationed overseas and everyday citizens suffering from the immigration crisis along the US-Mexico border. “It is time for our country to stand up and be the world leader it has always been in the...
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. – Gov. Phil Murphy’s aggressive green energy goals are fueling concerns over costs, consumer choice and reliability. Assembly Republicans reveal what it would be like to live in a New Jersey shaped by the governor’s energy policies in their new YouTube video, “Murphy’s Law.” WATCH: Murphy’s LawMurphy...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio said Gov. Phil Murphy needs to take responsibility after a State Commission of Investigation report released Tuesday exposed systemic failures at two state-run veterans homes early in the Covid-19 pandemic. “We give the governor enormous executive powers during health emergencies and...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio called on Democrats to act on replacing Senator Robert Menendez after his federal indictment for bribery, fraud and extortion charges. “Democrats say Bob Menendez should step down, but what are they going to do to get him to step down?” DiMaio...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republicans are highlighting a few of the excessive budget add-ons championed by Democrats in a new song fittingly released on Christmas in July. The legislative last-minute spending, known in Trenton as Christmas tree items, is set to the tune of the holiday classic “My Favorite...
TRENTON, N.J. – Gov. Phil Murphy’s statements on the campaign trail for West New York Mayor Albio Sires are blowing up in a new single, “Murphy’s Money,” released by the Assembly Republican Office Wednesday. ARO dropped the lyric video on its YouTube channel after laying down a royalty-free beat...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Antwan McClellan criticized Gov. Phil Murphy’s elaborate new Statehouse furnishings for private spaces paid for by the taxpayers while previous governors used their personal finances for similar upgrades. “Murphy is living large off the taxpayers’ dime and it’s not right. Lavish furniture for areas of...
TRENTON, N.J. – An unusual cluster of whale deaths. An incurious governor moving full steam ahead despite public cries to stop offshore wind exploration. This whale of a tale of technology versus nature is the topic of this “<Three” video released Wednesday by the Assembly Republican Office. ...