Brian Bergen Archives - New Jersey Globe

Assembly committee clears cardboard box regulations over Republican, business objections

May 16, 2022 4:26 pm

The Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee today approved Assemblyman John McKeon (D-West Orange)’s bill to ban large retailers from shipping products in boxes more than twice the volume of the product, but not before a number of business group...

Bergen calls attention to N.J.’s lack of contracts with veteran-owned businesses

May 10, 2022 12:42 pm

Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) released a statement this morning criticizing New Jersey’s state agencies for failing to award the legally required number of state contracts to veteran-owned businesses, citing a recently released report on state interactions with veteran entrepreneurs. “New...

Revised car chase policy draws opprobrium from Bergen

March 1, 2022 4:31 pm

A policy revision that went into effect at the end of last year limiting police car chases to serious crimes garnered criticism today from Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville), who claimed the policy change is liable to increase crime. “Criminals are...

The new legislative map won’t immediately do much to increase minority representation

February 25, 2022 4:28 pm

Nearly three weeks ago, the two partisan delegations on the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission released their first proposals for the state’s new legislative map. Each one modestly obeyed the standards laid out by commission tiebreaker Philip Carchman, but both...

We’ve got the map. Here’s what the new legislative districts will look like

February 18, 2022 6:58 amFebruary 19, 2022 12:08 am

The Apportionment Commission is set to meet at 2 PM on Friday to formally approve a legislative redistricting deal map approved by Democrats and Republicans on Thursday and tentatively supported by the court-appointed 11th member, former Judge Philip Carchman. The...

Battle over Murphy budget address headlines new legislature’s first full day

February 14, 2022 4:55 pm

After weeks of committee hearings and one brief Senate session, the 220th New Jersey State Legislature held its first full legislative voting session today, headlined by a seemingly straightforward bill that nevertheless drew significant opposition from Republican lawmakers: whether to...

Initial legislative map proposals leave some incumbents behind

February 8, 2022 5:22 pmFebruary 8, 2022 7:14 pm

Whenever a new political redistricting process begins, one of the most frustrating things to account for is where incumbent legislators already live. Those tasked with redistricting want to draw as logical a map as possible, but they also frequently have...