Ricky Suta, Author at New Jersey Globe

Scutari, Coughlin renew focus on gun control

October 24, 2023 3:45 pm

With New Jersey’s concealed carry law facing legal review and the entire legislature up in two weeks, Senate President Nicholas Scutari and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin joined advocates today to reaffirm their commitment to gun control. Moms Demand Action and...

Murphy warns that GOP legislature would cut Planned Parenthood funding

October 24, 2023 11:38 amOctober 24, 2023 12:11 pm

With control of the state legislature to be decided in just two weeks, Democrats are trying to make abortion access an increasingly pivotal issue in this year’s off-year, low-turnout election. In an interview with the Star-Ledger editorial board, Senate Minority...

28.5% of VBMs have been returned; Democrats maintain strong advantages

October 23, 2023 3:25 pmOctober 23, 2023 4:20 pm

With fifteen days until the midterm elections, Democrats are maintaining a better than 3-1 advantage in returned vote-by-mail ballots in six of the nine potentially competitive legislative districts in New Jersey, according to an analysis by Ryan Dubicki, an Associated...

Independent expenditure group tied to Democrats slams Del Borrello on family business

October 23, 2023 2:00 pmOctober 23, 2023 2:27 pm

A new, hard-hitting ad from a dark money group with ties to South Jersey Democrats hammers Republican State Senate candidate Christopher Del Borrello’s family over their business dealings and social media posts. The Brighter Future Forward TV ad, “Bunker,” hits...

Serrano Glassner tells voters to hold state’s Democratic officials accountable for allegations against Menendez

October 20, 2023 2:08 pmOctober 23, 2023 12:30 pm

Although a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll found 70% of New Jerseyans want U.S. Senator Bob Menendez to resign, the leading Republican U.S. Senate candidate wants the voters to hold him, and the state’s Democratic leaders, accountable in 2024. “New Jerseyans have lost...

Poll: New Jerseyans support reinstituting the corporate tax surchage to fund transit

October 20, 2023 1:01 pmOctober 20, 2023 1:58 pm

To ensure funding for New Jersey Transit, a majority of New Jerseyans (54%) largely support reinstating the corporate business tax surcharge but oppose a tax on New Yorkers coming into the Garden State, a new Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll finds....

Way signs legislation strengthening mental health care on college campuses

October 19, 2023 4:39 pm

With students increasingly struggling with their mental health, Acting Governor Tahesha Way signed legislation today that strengthens care for students on college campuses. “Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation on college campuses are at an all-time high,” Way said...