Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

No timeline for vote on bill eliminating EOA carveouts

June 21, 2019 6:12 pm

Assemblyman Gordon Johnson, chair of the Commerce and Economic Development Committee, isn’t sure when the panel will vote on a bill eliminating carveouts inserted into the Economic Opportunity Act by Kevin Sheehan, a Parker McCay attorney with ties to South...

Howarth bill would see absentee legislators lose pay

June 21, 2019 6:02 pmJune 22, 2019 12:13 am

Assemblyman Joe Howarth introduced a bill that would see legislators lose their pay for missing voting sessions, committee meetings and quorum calls Thursday. “You can’t Make America Great Again, if you don’t show up for work. Some members of our...

Murphy vetoes SJPC minutes for the fourth time

June 21, 2019 5:31 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed the minutes of a June 11 meeting of the South Jersey Port Corporation’s board of directors on Friday. The board approved the lease of two commercial buildings at 1535 Broadway, totaling roughly eight acres, to Camden...

Sweeney postpones first EDA select committee hearing

June 21, 2019 4:37 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney on announced that the first meeting of the Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies would be postponed until after the Senate finished its other business. “After speaking with Chairman Smith, we have decided to postpone...

Gusciora not ready to endorse in presidential race

June 21, 2019 2:47 pm

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora isn’t ready to back anyone for the presidency, though he does have some preferred candidates. “I like the Bs — Booker, Buttigieg and Biden,” Gusciora told the New Jersey Globe Friday. The three he is referring...

Murphy rules out shutdown for about 40 minutes

June 21, 2019 1:54 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy ruled out a government shutdown Friday only to rule it back in less than an hour later. “Within the next nine days I will meet my constitutional responsibility to enact a balanced budget for New Jersey,” Murphy...

Voters will decide if Bramnick gun record an election issue, Menendez says

June 21, 2019 1:41 pmJune 21, 2019 1:51 pm

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said the 21st legislative district’s voters would decide whether Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick’s 100% rating from the National Rifle Association is a good reason to replace him in the legislature. “It is the people of...