Craig Coughlin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Moen gets his Assembly committee assignments

January 17, 2020 12:21 pm

Freshman Assemblyman Bill Moen (D-Camden) has been assigned to three committees: Commerce and Economic Development, Transportation and Independent Authorities, and State and Local Government. Assembly committee assignments are made by Speaker Craig Coughlin. Moen won the open 5th district Assembly...

Coughlin creates two new Assembly committees

January 17, 2020 12:07 pmJanuary 17, 2020 2:37 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has created two new committees, splitting the Health and Senior Services and the Housing and Community Development panels. Herbert Conaway, Jr. (D-Delran) will chair the Assembly Health Committee and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) will lead the...

Murphy: Millionaire’s tax just a matter of time

January 15, 2020 12:53 pmJanuary 15, 2020 12:54 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy could not point to any shifts within the legislature that would make his third push for a tax on the state’s millionaires more successful than his previous attempts Wednesday. “Over time, water and other realities, including political...

Murphy won’t endorse another presidential candidate

January 15, 2020 8:17 amJanuary 15, 2020 8:25 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has no plans to make a quick endorsement of another presidential candidate, clearing the way for Democratic county chairs to make their own decisions about awarding organization lines for the New Jersey Democratic primary in June. “The...

Kean open to reforms for OPRA’s legislative exemption

January 14, 2020 6:18 pmJanuary 14, 2020 11:26 pm

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean said he was willing to consider reforms to the exemptions provided to the legislature by the Open Public Records Act. “I’m happy to discuss reforms that improve transparency while still protecting our constituents,” Kean said....

Sweeney plans to update legislative financial disclosures

January 14, 2020 2:53 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney said he intends to update financial disclosures for his members. “We said we’re going to update ours. We absolutely need to update them. The last time they were updated, it was Senate President [Dick] Codey. So,...

Remarks of Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin

January 14, 2020 2:30 pm

I want to thank each of you for coming out today as we open the 219th Legislature and I thank my colleagues for once again granting me the honor to serve as your Speaker. It is a humbling and extraordinary...