Craig Coughlin Archives - New Jersey Globe

September state budget vote may impact Bucco, Dunn

April 1, 2020 11:18 am

The extension of the state budget through September potentially impacts special elections in the Morris County-based 25th district., where State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) and Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Mendham) are running. Their votes on a post-coronavirus budget could become...

State budget to be pushed to September

March 31, 2020 9:29 pmApril 1, 2020 11:29 am

Update: Murphy, Sweeney and Coughlin agree to extend New Jersey tax deadline from April 15 to July 15, and extend state budget to September 30. New Jersey has decided to extend the current state budget until September 30, the New...

Middlesex Democrats go for Biden

March 18, 2020 7:32 pmMarch 19, 2020 12:05 am

Middlesex County Democrats have endorsed Joe Biden for president. That gives Biden the organization line in the county with the third-largest number of Democrats in the state. The former vice president is now 7-0 in Democratic conventions. Middlesex delivered a...

Assembly panel advances remote voting bill

March 16, 2020 1:46 pmMarch 16, 2020 10:01 pm

An Assembly panel advanced to measures allowing state lawmakers to hold votes remotely Monday. The text of the measure, A3852, is not yet available, and it is unclear what limitations the bill carries with it. Earlier Monday, Assembly Speaker Craig...

Assembly panel advances bill extending clerks’ VBM deadline

March 16, 2020 12:17 pmMarch 16, 2020 12:39 pm

Assembly lawmakers advanced a measure giving county clerks an additional week to send out mail-in ballots Monday. The bill, part of a larger package of measures meant to better prepare the state to deal with the threat posed by COVID-19,...

Lawmakers considering letting candidates declare then gather signatures

March 16, 2020 12:10 pmMarch 16, 2020 1:25 pm

Lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow candidates to declare their bids for office by filing day and gather the signatures needed to run afterwards. “We’re working through a proposal to do that, to allow people to declare by...

Four more N.J. House members endorse Joe Biden

March 11, 2020 7:00 amMarch 11, 2020 3:37 pm

Four more New Jersey House members – Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) – have endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. That brings the total number of congressional endorsements for...