Craig Coughlin Archives - New Jersey Globe

Republicans slap Murphy over bonding proposal

July 10, 2020 3:16 pmJuly 10, 2020 5:46 pm

New Jersey Republicans said they would sue to stop a borrowing plan agreed to by top Democrats Friday. “Today the Democrats in our state agreed to pile billions more in debt onto our children and grandchildren’s shoulders,” Assembly Minority Leader...

Scharfenberger slams plan to rename freeholder position

July 10, 2020 1:06 pmJuly 10, 2020 5:47 pm

Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) slammed Gov. Phil Murphy over a measure announced Thursday that would rename county freeholders to county commissioners. “We’re in the middle of a pandemic with the state budget facing a $10 billion hole, unemployment in disarray,...

Coughlin signs on to NJEA health benefits deal with Sweeney

June 26, 2020 9:50 amJune 26, 2020 1:19 pm

Update: the Assembly Appropriations Committee approved Coughlin’s bill, A-20, on Friday morning: “Public education employees are essential to New Jersey and we value their contributions. This legislation will restore fairness to Chapter 78 health benefit contributions and provide needed relief...

Murphy: In-person legislative sessions ‘a real possiblity’

June 22, 2020 4:57 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t opposing the return of in-person voting sessions and committee hearings sought by Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford). “We’ve lifted the indoor number to the lower of 25% or 100. I would think, if you’re socially...

Coughlin picks Middlesex freeholder for NJ Transit board

June 22, 2020 9:18 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has named Shanti Narra, a Middlesex County freeholder, as his appointee to the New Jersey Transit board. “A commuter herself, Freeholder Narra is well known in my home county of Middlesex for her sense of fairness...

Sweeney wants lawmakers to meet in person by end of June

June 17, 2020 3:38 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney wants legislators to be back under the statehouse’s golden dome by the end of June. “We want to get back into Trenton, yes, but it really is going to be, again, based on if we’re allowed...

Helmy could be Murphy’s pick for congressional redistricting, sources say

June 15, 2020 12:15 pmJune 15, 2020 2:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is considering appointing his chief of staff, George Helmy, to the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission, sources familiar with the governor’s thinking have told the New Jersey Globe. Helmy served as state director for U.S. Senator Cory...