Betsy DeVos Archives - New Jersey Globe

State sues over U.S Department of Education rules change

July 15, 2020 5:38 pmJuly 16, 2020 5:43 am

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal joined a suit seeking to overturn a Department of Education rules change he and 16 other attorney generals say sides with predatory private schools instead of student borrowers. “We are in the midst of an economic...

Pelosi, Murphy fundraiser nets Norcross $1.75 million

February 29, 2020 4:06 pmMarch 1, 2020 9:10 am

A fundraiser for Rep. Donald Norcross headlined by U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Gov. Phil Murphy, former Gov. Jim Florio and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi brought in roughly $1.75 million, according to a campaign staff source. The $2,800-a-head event was followed...

Rosenstein regrets DeVos tweet

March 28, 2019 9:47 amMarch 28, 2019 10:15 am

New Jersey CWA state director Hetty Rosenstein says she regrets a tweet saying that she hopes U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos “dies a horrible, horrible death” and promises to choose her words more carefully in the future. “Late at...

Rosenstein wishes ‘horrible death’ on DeVos

March 27, 2019 12:58 pmMarch 27, 2019 4:48 pm

CWA State Director Hetty Rosenstein went further than others in her rebuke of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s proposed cuts to federal special education funding. “I hope she dies a horrible horrible death,” Rosenstein wrote on Twitter, linking a...

Sweeney slams DeVos over Special Olympics cuts

March 27, 2019 12:36 pmMarch 27, 2019 12:48 pm

New Jersey politicos aren’t pleased with U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s proposal to cut all federal funding for the Special Olympics. “It’s sad, inexcusable & unacceptable to fill holes in a budget by cutting the #SpecialOlympics,” Senate President Steve Sweeney...