TRENTON, N.J. – The day after a federal investigation laid the blame for veterans home deaths squarely on Gov. Phil Murphy and his administration’s Covid policies, Assemblyman Brian Bergen says Democrats’ day-after calls to do more is hypocritical at best. The U.S. Department of Justice’s civil rights division and...
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TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio called on Gov. Phil Murphy and his administration to take full accountability for continuing to fail veterans at state-run homes and take immediate action to ensure their health and safety following the conclusion of the federal investigation at Menlo Park and...
TRENTON, N.J. – It’s back to school for New Jersey students and teachers this week. It should also be back to Trenton for state legislators, says Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio. He is calling on Senate President Nick Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin to put to vote a...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Alex Sauickie, who represents one of the school districts being sued by Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration over its parental notification policy, says it’s time to stop suggesting parents are a danger to their kids and recognize the real danger to students is slashing school funding. “Earlier...
TRENTON, N.J. – Gov. Phil Murphy has fast-tracked rules that will ban sales of new gas and diesel passenger vehicles in 12 years, enforced by the state Department of Environmental Protection. Consumers will be forced to buy electric or shop out of state for traditional fuel-powered vehicles, possibly leading...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio said the state Board of Public Utilities overstepped its authority by passing a plan Wednesday to curb the use of gas appliances such as stoves and ranges. “An unelected panel of five should not be reshaping how nine million residents live...
TRENTON, N.J. – With Gov. Phil Murphy’s adopting a ban on car manufacturers selling gas-powered vehicles by 2035, South Jersey EMT and lawmaker Assemblywoman Bethanne McCarthy Patrick is renewing her call to release her bill (A4476) that requires firefighter and EMT training to combat electric vehicle fires. Her bipartisan...
TRENTON, N.J. – Local government leaders will be forced to raise property taxes or cut services after promised relief for escalating health care costs was unexpectedly dropped from Gov. Phil Murphy’s $54.3 billion FY24 budget. Assemblyman Ned Thomson criticized Democrat leaders for adding $1.2 billion in pork spending to...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie want to correct the record on recent reports that boards of education in their district are harming transgender students. On June 22, Attorney General Matt Platkin filed civil rights complaints less than 48 hours after the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District...
TRENTON, N.J. – Armed with a copy of a lawsuit filed by Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to stop offshore surveys conducted by the oil industry, as well as a Biden administration study and Harvard University report, Assemblyman Antwan McClellan exposed the hypocrisy of Trenton and Washington Democrats and the...