Angelica Allen-McMillan Archives

Mapping out senatorial courtesy in the new legislature

November 10, 2023 4:28 pm

Most voters probably don’t know it, but when they cast their votes for New Jersey’s 40 state senators on Tuesday, they also indirectly voted for the slate of state cabinet and judicial nominees from their county that will come before...

Checking in on Murphy’s cabinet nominations as 2022 ends

December 6, 2022 5:06 pm

The number of acting members of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet was slashed this year, with the State Senate approving four cabinet nominees for full terms. Two other nominees, however, remain unconfirmed, and they’ll likely soon be joined by a third....

Corrado doesn’t plan on giving Allen-McMillan courtesy in near future

June 28, 2022 12:00 pm

State Sen. Kristin Corrado (R-Totowa), who has for over a year blocked acting Commissioner of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan’s nomination to the role she already holds, said yesterday that she currently has no plans to let Allen-McMillan through anytime soon. “Nothing...

Cohort of acting commissioners in Murphy administration reduced by one

March 24, 2022 5:11 pmMarch 24, 2022 7:14 pm

Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate today for a full term as commissioner, more than a year after she first took over the department in an acting capacity. When Commissioner Carole Johnson left state...

Adelman nomination to lead Human Services advances through committee

March 21, 2022 2:49 pm

Sarah Adelman, who has served as acting commissioner of the Department of Human Services since early 2021, was unanimously advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee today, clearing her path for confirmation by the full Senate on Thursday. Adelman, a former...

Armed with courtesy on two Murphy nominees, Corrado remains undecided

January 27, 2022 1:22 pmJanuary 27, 2022 1:30 pm

For most of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet, the transition into the governor’s second term will be an easy one, since state law does not require them to be renominated and re-confirmed by the Senate to their roles. But a select...

104 state nominees remain unconfirmed, most with no Senate hearings on the horizon

January 5, 2022 4:42 pm

With the lame duck session less than a week from ending and only one scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee meeting left, time is running out for the 104 of Gov. Phil Murphy’s nominees who remain unconfirmed after up to two years...