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Liberty Park protection bill limps through Senate committee

December 9, 2021 3:00 pmDecember 9, 2021 4:58 pm

The Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced the Liberty State Park Protection Act without recommendation today, using a rarely-seen maneuver to note their discomfort with the bill while nevertheless forwarding it to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The bill, sponsored...

Smith, Danielsen, Egan win in the 17th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:13 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway), Assemblyman Joe Danielsen (D-Franklin), and Assemblyman Joseph Egan (D-New Brunswick) have won re-election to the 17th legislative district. They beat attorney James Abate, Rutgers ESL instructor Catherine Barrier,...

Environment New Jersey endorses Murphy, select group of legislative candidates

October 13, 2021 9:47 amOctober 13, 2021 1:57 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has been endorsed by Environment New Jersey, one of the state’s leading environmental advocacy organizations, in his bid to win re-election to a second term. Endorsements also went to 13 candidates for the legislature – a more...

Murphy will nominate LaTourette to head DEP

April 14, 2021 12:11 pmApril 14, 2021 1:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette to permanently head the Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Globe has learned. LaTourette, a longtime environmental law attorney whom Murphy appointed to lead the department following former Environmental Commissioner...

Murphy takes months to pick three permanent cabinet replacements, State Police superintendent waiting three years for Senate confirmation

March 24, 2021 7:14 pm

With roughly nine months remaining in his first term, Gov. Phil Murphy has made no move to nominate permanent commissioners to three key cabinet posts, leaving acting commissioners in some of the most prominent positions in state government with no...

Levine won’t rule out bid for state office

December 9, 2020 10:19 amDecember 9, 2020 11:17 am

Outgoing Somerset County Freeholder Brian Levine declined to rule out mounting a bid for state legislature Wednesday. “I haven’t ruled anything out as of yet. I think I’ll jump in the saddle at some point soon. It could be in...

Murphy signs plastic bag ban

November 4, 2020 12:29 pmNovember 4, 2020 1:02 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill banning single-use plastic and paper bags in all New Jersey stores and eateries Wednesday, delivering environmentalists a long-sought victory that saw repeated hurdles on its path to the governor’s pen. “Plastic bags are one...