George Christopher, Author at New Jersey Globe

Murphy signs 7 new gun laws into law

July 5, 2022 4:31 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed seven new gun control bills into law on Tuesday that stiffen New Jersey’s gun laws – already among the strictest in the nation – and suggested that he’s not yet done. “In the wake of horrific...

Legislature approves Liberty State Park task force

June 29, 2022 6:52 pm

Liberty State Park will get $50 million for a task force to develop a refurbishment plan under a bill approved by the legislature on Wednesday. The legislation faced pushback from environmental groups who feared the task force’s wide authority could...

Assembly Republicans attack budget

June 29, 2022 12:01 pm

Citing a lack of transparency and excessive earmarks, Assembly Republican leaders continued to criticize the proposed state budget on the day the Democratic-controlled legislature is set to pass it. “There’s more pork here than the state of Iowa” said Assembly...

Nine election bills advance out of Senate committee

June 23, 2022 6:06 pmJune 23, 2022 10:06 pm

Nine election bills advanced through the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today which would enact a variety of changes concerning mail-in balloting, poll workers, overseas voters, ballot privacy, early voting locations, campaign finance, and police at...

Murphy, Scutari, Coughlin agree to sales tax holiday on back-to-school items

June 22, 2022 2:29 pmJune 22, 2022 6:40 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s legislative leaders, Senate President Nicholas Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, have reached an agreement to suspend New Jersey’s sales tax on certain back to school items from August 27 to September 5 as...

Cooperating witness in state corruption probe asks appellate judges to postpone civil lawsuit

June 22, 2022 12:59 pmJune 22, 2022 2:29 pm

Matt O’Donnell, the disgraced former tax appeal attorney who is the state’s cooperating witness in a local corruption sting operation, is trying to delay a lawsuit by the township of Holmdel, who says he overbilled them for legal services. O’Donnell...

Judge tosses NJ-7 Libertarian candidate from ballot

June 14, 2022 3:30 pmJune 14, 2022 7:17 pm

An administrative law judge has rejected the nominating petitions for Libertarian congressional candidate Clayton Pajunas in New Jersey’s 7th congressional district. Judge Carl V. Buck III found that 25 of the 72 signatures on his petition were invalid, leaving him...