TRENTON, N.J. – The child care tax credit fix, reinstating the bear hunt, putting police back at polling places, New Jersey Democrats have had to pass a lot of clean-up laws this year, because of their messy policies. Assembly Republicans reflect on legislation that ran afoul, despite their warnings,...
TRENTON, N.J. – The state Assembly is poised to pass yet another clean-up bill Thursday, this time amending a law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy that would have left school children and seniors vulnerable to attack. The bill (S2912) will amend the current law to allow plain-clothes officers at...
TRENTON, N.J. – During Thursday’s Assembly Appropriations Committee, a former convict turned activist and poll worker testified that a police officer’s presence at polling places sends the message to voters that it is not a safe space. Assemblyman Jay Webber says Democrat policies that prioritize a small number of...
TRENTON, N.J. – Democrats’ anti-cop crusade in the Legislature is having real-life and dangerous consequences, say Sen. Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John Catalano. The Ocean County lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation that would repeal a law banning law enforcement from polling stations and ballot drop...
TRENTON, N.J. – In the wake of the mass school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Assembly Republican members DeAnne DeFuccio and Robert Auth want to put police officers back into public schools being used as polling places during elections. In January 2022, Gov. Phil Murphy enacted a law that bans...