Craig Coughlin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Vulnerable Republicans face difficult choices in next week’s budget vote

June 24, 2022 4:20 pm

The New Jersey State Budget is, by its very nature, an unwieldy document. Faced with hundreds of pages detailing exactly where every cent of the state’s money will go in the upcoming fiscal year, no typical New Jerseyan is going...

Statements on the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade

June 24, 2022 10:29 amJune 25, 2022 2:34 pm

As has been anticipated for nearly two months, the U.S. Supreme Court released its 6-3 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this morning, striking down the constitutional right to abortion that was first established in Roe v. Wade....

Nine election bills advance out of Senate committee

June 23, 2022 6:06 pmJune 23, 2022 10:06 pm

Nine election bills advanced through the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today which would enact a variety of changes concerning mail-in balloting, poll workers, overseas voters, ballot privacy, early voting locations, campaign finance, and police at...

Nine gun bills cleared by Assembly committee, with more votes coming tomorrow

June 22, 2022 4:53 pmJune 22, 2022 4:58 pm

Nine gun bills, four of which are part of Gov. Phil Murphy’s original gun control package and five of which are new as of this week, cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee today, marking the first major step towards getting new...

Murphy, legislative leadership announce deal on ANCHOR tax relief plan

June 15, 2022 1:30 pmJune 15, 2022 3:48 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Nick Scutari (D-Linden), and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) gathered in South Brunswick today to announce that they’ve reached an agreement on a critical piece of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget: the Affordable New Jersey...

Assembly Judiciary Committee advances Coughlin election reform package

June 9, 2022 5:14 pmJune 9, 2022 5:18 pm

The Assembly Judiciary Committee today advanced a package of election reform bills spearheaded by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge); the seven bills in the package previously cleared the Assembly State and Local Government Committee last month. One of the more contentious...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...