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Bucco, Dunn, Barranco get key Republican endorsements in LD25

January 17, 2023 3:19 pmJanuary 18, 2023 12:05 pm

The new 25th legislative district team of State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton), Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham), and Assemblyman Christian Barranco (R-Jefferson) unveiled a huge slate of Republican endorsers today, in a show of force likely intended to deter any...

DePhillips, Dunn call for adding county, local representatives to State Health Benefits Commission

September 16, 2022 12:56 pmSeptember 19, 2022 10:43 am

On the heels of a controversial State Health Benefits Commission (SHBC) vote to alter and approve a significant State Health Benefits Plan (SHBP) rate hike, Assemblymembers Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff) and Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) called today for a reconfiguration of the...

Dunn to introduce bill requiring budget resolutions be released by June 1

July 21, 2022 12:31 pmJuly 21, 2022 12:33 pm

Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham), a member of the Assembly Budget committee, announced today that she plans to introduce legislation that would require budget resolutions be published publicly by June 1, well before the June 30 deadline for passing a final...

Budget is introduced in legislative committees and immediately approved

June 27, 2022 11:24 pmJune 28, 2022 11:55 am

Following in the footsteps of the transparency-challenged budget processes that came before it, New Jersey’s state budget for Fiscal Year 2023 was posted in committee in the Senate and Assembly today – and, shortly afterward, cleared on party-line votes. As...

Dunn, Barranco: Morris primary results are the will of the people

June 9, 2022 2:52 pm

With two candidates endorsed by the Morris County Republican Party seemingly losing their primaries on Tuesday, Morris County Assemblymembers Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) and Christian Barranco (R-Jefferson) said today that the results represent the choices of an engaged and informed electorate....

40% of N.J. inmates released early during pandemic had already been denied parole, Republicans say

June 2, 2022 5:37 pmJune 2, 2022 6:45 pm

Of the more than 7,600 inmates granted early release under a 2020 law passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Murphy during the Covid-19 public health emergency, over 40% had previously been denied parole, according to documents received...

After yearslong wait, Senate committee advances bill addressing sexual extortion

March 21, 2022 4:11 pmMarch 21, 2022 5:01 pm

More than five years after it was originally proposed by then-Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton), a bill establishing the crime of “sexual extortion” passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today on a unanimous vote. Sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho...