Bill Caruso Archives - New Jersey Globe

Legal weed enabling legislation will resemble March 2019 legalization bill, Scutari says

October 8, 2020 6:20 pm

New Jersey lawmakers are already working on enabling legislation ahead of a referendum on marijuana legalization, State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) said during an NJ CAN roundtable Thursday. The enabling legislation will largely resemble a legalization bill Democratic lawmakers tried...

Axel Owen will manage campaign to pass marijuana legalization referendum

June 19, 2020 12:01 amJune 18, 2020 11:56 pm

The coalition advocating for passage of a referendum to legalize marijuana in New Jersey, has tapped a top state political operative to manage their campaign. Axel Owen, a former Democratic State Committee political director, will lead NJ CAN 2020, an...

Murphy emissaries aid chief of staff search

January 11, 2019 4:27 pm

There’s one thing – perhaps the only thing – Donald Trump and Phil Murphy have in common: neither can find a chief of staff. The search for one of the most powerful insider positions in state government has been going...