Carol Murphy Archives - New Jersey Globe

ICYMI: Here’s what’s happened since Friday morning

January 17, 2022 12:04 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and State Sen. Jon Bramnick joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC this weekend. Don’t miss Wildstein on John Wallace and congressional redistricting. Click PLAY to listen: As...

Carol Murphy is new Assembly Majority Whip

January 14, 2022 12:36 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has named Carol Murphy, a three-term assemblywoman from Burlington County, as the new Majority Whip. She will replace Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne), who did not seek re-election in 2021. Louis Greenwald (D-Voorhees) was re-elected Majority Leader when...

46 years after landmark Supreme Court case, Booker swears in Mount Laurel’s first Black mayor

January 1, 2022 7:00 pmJanuary 11, 2022 6:22 pm

Few issues have impacted local elections across New Jersey suburbs over the last 46 years than what’s referred to as Mount Laurel, a controversial 1975 New Jersey Supreme Court decision mandating municipalities to offer prospects for affordable housing. Press play...

Singleton, Conaway, Murphy win in the 7th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 1:51 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Delran), Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D-Moorestown), and Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (D-Mount Laurel) have won re-election to the 7th legislative district. Singleton faced former Palmyra mayor Michelle Arnold, while Conaway and...

Opinion: It’s time for Washington to make lowering prescription drug costs a priority

July 29, 2021 12:01 amJuly 28, 2021 11:26 pm

One of the most pressing flaws in our healthcare system today is the outrageously high costs that pharmaceutical firms charge for prescription medications. Here in New Jersey, the burden of prescription drug prices is particularly heavy, and many people simply...

Just two years past deadline, Fulton gets home health care workers their parking placards

July 7, 2021 10:48 amJuly 7, 2021 11:19 am

After a delay of nearly three years since a law was passed, the New Jersey Motor Vehicles Commission has finally figured out how to issue special parking placards to home health care workers. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Carol Murphy...

Opinion: Private Investment in EV Charging is a Must

July 7, 2021 9:58 amJuly 7, 2021 10:00 am

OPINION Negotiations are ramping up between Republicans and the White House as both sides work to reach a bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure package that has the potential to revitalize America’s aging transportation system and drastically reduce the sector’s fossil...