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Bruck announces charges against five Edna Mahan officers

December 15, 2021 3:58 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced charges today against one Department of Corrections official and four correctional officers at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women, following a brutal assault on prisoners that occurred on January 12. The five officers...

State Police reassigns troopers from statehouse after Republican rebellion

December 7, 2021 7:33 pmDecember 8, 2021 11:30 am

The New Jersey State Police has confirmed that several state troopers were reassigned from their statehouse complex post following a revolt by some Republican lawmakers last Thursday. “Troopers have been transferred to/from the Statehouse,” said Lt. Adam Detwechter, the public...

Coughlin locks down Assembly chambers, won’t permit legislators on the floor unless they show vaccination proof

December 2, 2021 12:08 pmDecember 7, 2021 11:05 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is barring legislators, mostly Republicans, from entering the State Assembly chamber unless they comply with his new policy to show proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Press play...

No single timeline for second term cabinet appointments, Murphy says

November 22, 2021 3:37 pmNovember 22, 2021 3:49 pm

With 57 days until his second inauguration, Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a number of decisions about how to retain or reshape his cabinet and administration – but he said today that he doesn’t anticipate making one major announcement about...

Bruck co-leads letter supporting DACA protections

November 22, 2021 10:54 am

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck – alongside California Attorney General Rob Bonta, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and 21 other attorneys general across the country – issued a letter on Friday supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s proposal...

Officers responding to 2019 Jersey City shooting won’t be charged

November 17, 2021 12:52 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck announced today that 13 officers of the Jersey City and Newark police forces won’t be charged for a 2019 incident in which they shot and killed two assailants who had themselves murdered four people. On...

Bruck issues updated guidance for early voting period

October 20, 2021 5:27 pm

Acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck released new guidance today on voter intimidation and law enforcement involvement in elections; largely the same as previous guidance issued in October 2020, the updated guidance is meant to officially incorporate the state’s new early...