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Murphy hosts tele-town hall Monday

April 19, 2019 12:34 pmApril 19, 2019 1:45 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will host a tele-town hall on his proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year Monday evening. The Democratic State Committee, which sided with Murphy over Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin during last year’s...

Murphy won’t browbeat legislative leaders on millionaires tax

April 4, 2019 12:37 pmApril 4, 2019 12:38 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy’s push for a millionaires tax got a boost from a poll released Thursday that showed residents in the state overwhelmingly supported the proposal, but the governor said he wasn’t planning to use those figures to push Senate...

Latino leaders urge passage of drivers license bill

April 3, 2019 1:26 pmApril 3, 2019 4:28 pm

More than 100 of the state’s Latino leaders urged Gov. Phil Murphy and legislative leaders to pass a bill that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to obtain drivers licenses in a letter Wednesday. “The REAL ID Act disproportionately...

Sweeney’s Arizona trip didn’t sink legal weed bill, Coughlin says

March 25, 2019 6:14 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said he did not think Senate President Steve Sweeney’s being out of state during the run-up to Monday’s since-tabled vote on a suite of marijuana legalization bills prevented Democrats in the upper chamber from securing the...

Dark money bill headed to Murphy’s desk

March 25, 2019 5:47 pm

The Assembly will vote to concur with an amendment to a dark money bill that would require groups like the Murphy-aligned New Direction New Jersey to disclose their donors, a spokeswoman for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin told the New Jersey...

Top Dems suggest legal weed redo could come soon

March 25, 2019 5:31 pmMarch 25, 2019 8:08 pm

Trenton’s top Democrats suggested they would not hold off until next year to renew their push for marijuana legalization after a legalization vote was scrapped Monday because of a lack of support in the Senate. “The status quo is unacceptable....

Murphy couldn’t move Senate on weed

March 25, 2019 1:36 pmMarch 25, 2019 1:48 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy lost his bid to legalize marijuana today after he was unable to swing more than three votes in the State Senate since coming to an agreement with legislative leaders more than five weeks ago. Senate President Steve...

Tag: Craig Coughlin

Murphy hosts tele-town hall Monday

Murphy won’t browbeat legislative leaders on millionaires tax

Latino leaders urge passage of drivers license bill

Sweeney’s Arizona trip didn’t sink legal weed bill, Coughlin says

Dark money bill headed to Murphy’s desk

Top Dems suggest legal weed redo could come soon

Murphy couldn’t move Senate on weed

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