Craig Coughlin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Coughlin praises Schaer after Dye’s anti-Semitic tirade

August 23, 2019 5:11 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin isn’t happy with statements that former Murphy administration official Jeffrey Dye made about Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) during a 2017 meeting of the Passaic NAACP. “I read and listened to, with great dismay, the very offensive...

Legislature may hold special session to fix vote-by-mail mess

August 21, 2019 1:41 pmAugust 21, 2019 9:14 pm

Update: The Senate and Assembly have scheduled a quorum call for Friday at 4:30 PM and could schedule a voting session early next week. The Legislature could be called back into session within the next couple of weeks to address...

The bi-partisan beach caucus

August 2, 2019 12:31 pmAugust 2, 2019 12:44 pm

Just for fun and laughs — and not a lot of business — New Jersey’s bi-partisan beach caucus got together at the Jersey shore: Acting Gov. Sheila Oliver, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and his wife, Tish, along with DiAnn Gove...

Booker endorsed by Sussex Democratic Chair Katie Rotondi

August 1, 2019 8:08 pmAugust 2, 2019 10:22 am

Sussex County Democratic Chairwoman Katie Rotondi has endorsed Cory Booker for the Democratic presidential nomination. Booker has now been endorsed by all 21 Democratic County Chairs from his home state of New Jersey. “During one of the most divisive times...

DeCroce calls for action on bill to abolish SDA

July 26, 2019 1:10 pm

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce is pushing a bill to abolish the Schools Development Authority, an agency that earlier this week fired 30 employees whose were hired in violation of state ethics guidelines. “The SDA has had a long and troubled history...

Norcross has weekly Sweeney/Greenwald call

July 18, 2019 5:20 amJuly 17, 2019 11:39 pm

Democratic powerbroker George Norcross has a call most Fridays at 8 AM with Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald that includes a discussion of legislative issues and politics. The existence of the call is no secret...

Coughlin not ruling out impeachment for Silva, Troiano

July 16, 2019 4:03 pmJuly 16, 2019 4:16 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin isn’t ruling out impeachment proceedings against two embattled judges, but his chamber won’t make any moves on the issue until after the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct finishes its probe into the pair. “Currently, the ACJC...