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Checking in on Murphy’s cabinet nominations as 2022 ends

December 6, 2022 5:06 pm

The number of acting members of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet was slashed this year, with the State Senate approving four cabinet nominees for full terms. Two other nominees, however, remain unconfirmed, and they’ll likely soon be joined by a third....

Cohort of acting commissioners in Murphy administration reduced by one

March 24, 2022 5:11 pmMarch 24, 2022 7:14 pm

Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman was unanimously confirmed by the State Senate today for a full term as commissioner, more than a year after she first took over the department in an acting capacity. When Commissioner Carole Johnson left state...

Murphy nominates Adelman as Human Services commissioner

January 24, 2022 10:21 amDecember 26, 2022 1:17 am

Sarah Adelman, who has served as acting Commissioner of Human Services for the last year, has been asked to stay on for Gov. Phil Murphy’s second term. Murphy announced on Monday that he will nominate Adelman to the cabinet post....

Heading into re-election, nearly a third of Murphy’s cabinet is unconfirmed or departing

July 8, 2021 1:04 pmMarch 23, 2022 3:32 pm

Nearly a third of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet members intend to leave the administration or are in their positions on an acting basis, with some awaiting confirmation and others awaiting the nomination of a permanent agency head. Press play to...

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...

Biden picks Johnson for national testing coordinator

December 29, 2020 5:53 pmDecember 30, 2020 10:39 am

State Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson will head to Washington next month to join President-elect Joe Biden’s White House COVID-19 Response Team, Gov. Phil murphy announced Tuesday. Deputy Commissioner Sarah Adelman, who manages more than $17 billion in programs under...

Non-profit urges state to pull disabled residents out of long-term care centers

December 16, 2020 1:37 pm

A Princeton-based non-profit urged Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson to pull more than 9,000 state residents with disabilities out of New Jersey’s long-term care centers. “We urge the state of New Jersey to take immediate action on these guidelines,” Community...