TRENTON, N.J. – A bipartisan bill that will streamline submissions of public work contractors’ payrolls was signed into law Wednesday. Current law only requires those contractors submit written payroll records to the Department of Labor and the contract-awarding public body. The bill (S1442/A5345), sponsored by Assemblymen Ned Thomson, Christopher...
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TRENTON, N.J. – The Assembly on Friday passed a bill that expands the eligibility for discounted fishing licenses. Assemblyman Parker Space, the minority co-chairman of the New Jersey Angling, Hunting, and Conservation Caucus and a lifelong sportsman, led the effort to promote New Jersey’s freshwater fishing in its scenic...
TRENTON, N.J. – An effort to promote freshwater fishing in the state’s scenic lakes, rivers and streams received a boost Thursday when legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Parker Space to expand the eligibility for discounted fishing licenses passed the Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee. “Whether ice fishing in...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey has an official state bird, two state foods, and even a microbe, but not an official mineral. That is likely about to change. Since 2015, Sussex County legislators and schoolchildren have pushed to declare a state mineral. On Thursday, the Assembly passed a bill...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Parker Space wants to stop the push for a mileage-based tax on New Jersey drivers being floated by Gov. Phil Murphy and out-of-state bureaucrats. He plans to introduce legislation that would not only prohibit that tax but also bar the state from funding mileage-based tax studies or pilots....
Statement from Assemblyman Parker Space (R-Sussex) on the Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed Fiscal Year 2024 budget: “As I have opposed Murphy’s budgets in the past, this year’s budget proposal is loaded with pork and spending geared to liberal special interest groups and for social engineering. If this year’s final budget...
TRENTON, N.J. – Veterans who are 100% disabled would have less paper to submit when renewing parking privileges under a bill sponsored by Assemblymen Hal Wirths and Parker Space. The Assembly on Monday passed their bill (S660/A2438). “I am happy we can provide a little helping hand to veterans who...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey has a state employee recruitment problem. A Jan. 23 report published by the N.J. Association of School Administrators found that education is “at a precipice,” with schools unable to provide the constitutionally required thorough and efficient education to all students. Why? There is a...
TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey now recognizes the second week in November as National Apprenticeship Week following the governor’s signature of Assemblyman Parker Space’s resolution on Monday. Apprenticeship programs combine classroom instruction with on-the-job paid training to build a pipeline of highly-qualified workers who can then use their industry-recognized...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Parker Space’s resolution designating the second week in November as National Apprenticeship Week in New Jersey is headed to the governor’s desk after passing the Assembly on Thursday. Apprenticeship programs combine classroom instruction with on-the-job paid training to build a pipeline of highly-qualified workers who...