George Christopher, Author at New Jersey Globe

Dunn to introduce bill requiring budget resolutions be released by June 1

July 21, 2022 12:31 pmJuly 21, 2022 12:33 pm

Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham), a member of the Assembly Budget committee, announced today that she plans to introduce legislation that would require budget resolutions be published publicly by June 1, well before the June 30 deadline for passing a final...

Malinowski asks Buttigieg about Gateway Program during House hearing

July 20, 2022 2:20 pmJuly 20, 2022 2:25 pm

Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-Ringoes) spoke with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the proposed Gateway Program today at a hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The project, the successor to the ARC Tunnel killed by Gov. Chris Christie...

Casino workers call for Harris to support anti-smoking legislation

July 18, 2022 11:41 amJuly 18, 2022 11:55 pm

With Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Atlantic City today for a roundtable on reproductive health care, the Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE) is urging Harris to support legislation protecting casino workers from second-hand smoke effects. “No worker should have...

Gottheimer calls for a national car theft taskforce

July 12, 2022 1:36 pmJuly 12, 2022 3:23 pm

A surge in car thefts and the sale of stolen cars internationally has led Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) to as President Joe Biden to form a national auto theft task force to coordinate local, state and federal law enforcement responses....

Pascrell demands the IRS Commissioner be removed from office

July 7, 2022 2:22 pm

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) wants IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig to be fired over audits of former FBI Director James Comey and Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Pascrell, who chairs the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, says these audits were...

95% of N.J. municipalities surveyed found to violate state sick leave payment laws, State Comptroller says

July 7, 2022 1:01 pmJuly 7, 2022 1:00 pm

Most New Jersey municipalities are issuing stick leave payments to public employees in violation of state laws limiting how employees who did not utilize paid sick leave during their careers can get paid, the acting State Comptroller Kevin Walsh said...

Murphy signs 7 new gun laws into law

July 5, 2022 4:31 pmJuly 5, 2022 11:32 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...