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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...

Swain set to chair Assembly Appropriations Committee

January 14, 2022 12:01 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is expected to name Lisa Swain, a three-term Democrat from Bergen County, to chair the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Swain will replace John Burzichelli, who lost his bid for re-election to an 11th term last November. The...

Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 11, 2022 6:26 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...

January 8, 2022: Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Trentonian reporter Isaac Avilucea and GOP strategist Art Gallagher

January 8, 2022 9:54 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Trentonian reporter Isaac Avilucea, and Republican strategist Art Gallagher joined host David Wildstein to on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, January 8. Coughlin is finishing his fourth year...

Coughlin, Gallagher, Avilucea join Wildstein on NJ Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

January 8, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 14, 2022 9:31 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Republican strategist Art Gallagher and Trentonian reporter Isaac Avilucea will join host David Wildstein to on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, January 8 at 4 PM. Coughlin is...

Assembly will require testing of all attendees next week, vaccinated and unvaccinated

January 7, 2022 3:56 pmJanuary 7, 2022 4:46 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-South Amboy) announced today that all attendees of next week’s Assembly session and reorganization ceremony, when new members will be sworn in, will be required to show proof of a negative test regardless of vaccination status....

Pared-down abortion codification bill passes Senate, Assembly committees

January 6, 2022 7:02 pmJanuary 7, 2022 11:26 am

The Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee and Assembly Appropriations Committee today both advanced a pared-down version of the Reproductive Freedom Act, a long-languishing bill aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade into state law, potentially clearing the way...