Angela McKnight Archives - New Jersey Globe

McKnight refuses to comment on state of affairs in 31st district

January 20, 2023 11:55 am

The Hudson County-based 31st legislative district is in something of a limbo right now, with State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City) facing cognitive health issues and Democrats uncertain of who could take her spot. But one of the figures at...

With 2023 legislative elections fast approaching, who isn’t running for re-election?

January 5, 2023 1:08 pmJanuary 5, 2023 11:23 pm

On Tuesday, State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey) announced that he won’t seek re-election to the State Senate this year, bringing a three-decade career in the legislature to an end. He joins a small but growing cohort of state legislators who...

Statements on the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022 10:29 amJune 25, 2022 2:34 pm

As has been anticipated for nearly two months, the U.S. Supreme Court released its 6-3 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this morning, striking down the constitutional right to abortion that was first established in Roe v. Wade....

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Murphy wants state to assume control of Andover nursing home

May 25, 2022 1:24 pmMay 25, 2022 2:57 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday evening that the state will move to take over the embattled Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover, a Sussex County nursing home which became notorious in 2020 for its high Covid death rate,...

McKnight, Schaer, Wimberly introduce resolution supporting federal anti-lynching law

May 11, 2022 12:44 pm

A month after President Joe Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law, Assemblymembers Angela McKnight (D-Jersey City), Gary Schaer (D-Passaic), and Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) have introduced a resolution in the State Assembly in support of the new national...

Bill requiring menstrual products in school bathrooms clears Senate committee

May 9, 2022 4:06 pm

The Senate Education Committee passed a bill requiring that school districts provide feminine hygiene products, defined in the bill as “tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle,” in school bathrooms for grades 6 through 12,...