Benjie Wimberly Archives - New Jersey Globe

Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:08 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...

Coughlin gets third term as Assembly Speaker

November 4, 2021 2:45 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin was re-elected to a third term as Speaker and will become the state’s longest-serving lower Democratic lower house leader when the Legislature reorganizes in January. Once he completes his next term, Coughlin will have tied Jack...

Pou, Sumter, Wimberly win in the 35th district

November 2, 2021 8:03 pmDecember 17, 2021 5:00 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon), Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter (D-Paterson), and Assemblyman Benjie Wimberly (D-Paterson) have won re-election to the 35th legislative district. Pou defeated former Haledon mayor Kenneth Pengitore, while Sumter and...

Bill barring police from polling places clears Assembly, stalls in Senate

March 25, 2021 7:22 pm

The Assembly advanced a measure barring police officers from loitering within 100 feet of a polling place or drop box Thursday, but the bill stalled in the Senate despite a past version clearing the chamber in a narrow vote last...

Coughlin delays Assembly quorum, giving more time for marijuana negotiations

February 5, 2021 5:06 pmFebruary 5, 2021 6:10 pm

This story was updated with comment from Coughlin at 6:08 p.m. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) will delay the chamber’s Monday quorum until Feb. 18 to provide more time for negotiations on marijuana legalization, a source in each chamber told...

New marijuana cleanup bill clears Assembly panel

January 29, 2021 3:52 pmJanuary 29, 2021 6:08 pm

This story was updated with comment from State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark) at 4:47 p.m. An Assembly panel advanced a new bill to clean up legalization and decriminalization measures that have sat on Gov. Phil Murphy’s since December in the...

Lawmakers edge toward marijuana deal despite week’s negotiation standstill

January 22, 2021 5:10 pmJanuary 23, 2021 12:36 pm

Continuing negotiations over marijuana legalization were largely kept in stasis this week but there’s still been some progress, one of the bills’ sponsors told the New Jersey Globe. “Negotiations are kind of at a standstill,” said Assemblyman Benji Wimberly (D-Paterson)....