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Weinberg committee may investigate culture problems in politically-connected labor, business groups

January 23, 2020 5:08 pmJanuary 24, 2020 2:33 am

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg said her working group on harassment, sexual assault and misogyny in New Jersey politics may investigate the issues faced by women in politically-connected labor and business groups. “Some of that really will depend upon what...

Weinberg, Corrado claim Murphy’s punting on Trenton misogyny

January 17, 2020 12:23 pm

Two senators that headed a select committee investigating the hiring of a former staffer in Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration slammed the governor over what they claimed was his superficial support of reforms fighting a culture of misogyny in the state’s...

Murphy says toxic work environments must end, but doesn’t address ’17 campaign

January 14, 2020 11:25 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy tackled Trenton’s toxic culture of sexual harassment and misogyny during his state of the state address on Tuesday, but he didn’t address the issues his own campaign faced on that front. “We all must be disgusted by...

Murphy backing ad hoc committee

January 2, 2020 1:12 pmJanuary 2, 2020 4:00 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy offered only slightly-conditional support to Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg’s ad hoc committee investigating sexual harassment, assault and misogyny in Trenton Thursday. “If the objective here is to find a better place in the state, and if...

Kean: Trenton must tackle sexual harassment, assault

December 30, 2019 5:57 pm

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean joined his Democratic counterpart in calling for the capital city to put more work into fighting misogyny, sexual harassment and sexual assault following an NJ Advance Media report that said such problems still ran rampant...

Weinberg launching committee to tackle sexual predation in NJ politics

December 30, 2019 4:45 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg announced the creation of an ad hoc committee to investigate sexual harassment and sexual assault in New Jersey politics following an NJ Advance Media report that said such problems still ran rampant here. “With all...

No conversations about restarting Alvarez committee, Pintor Marin says

November 25, 2019 5:20 pmNovember 25, 2019 7:41 pm

Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin said she hasn’t talked with Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin about restarting the Select Committee on Oversight. “I haven’t even had those conversations with the speaker,” she said. The Select Committee, which Pintor Marin co-chaired, was given...