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Sherrill announces food-price legislation in Mercer County visit

October 15, 2024 2:21 pm

Three weeks before her likely reelection to Congress, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) ventured into Mercer County to announce a bill that aims to lower grocery prices. Sherrill’s REDUCE Food Prices Act would provide small grocers with tax incentives to help...

Booker concludes annual road trip with Special Olympics visit

August 14, 2024 3:40 pm

Senator Cory Booker concluded his annual summer tour of all 21 New Jersey counties with a Wednesday afternoon visit to the Special Olympics’ New Jersey headquarters in Lawrence Township. Booker announced a $500,000 congressional award to Special Olympics New Jersey...

Greenstein, Benson, DeAngelo win in the 14th district

November 2, 2021 8:10 pmDecember 17, 2021 2:43 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro), Assemblyman Daniel Benson (D-Hamilton), and Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo (D-Hamilton) have won re-election to the 14th legislative district. Republican attorney Adam Elias lost his Senate campaign, while Andrew Pachuta...

Democrats condemn Monroe GOP candidate for offensive Facebook posts

October 14, 2021 6:41 pm

After a New Jersey Globe story this morning drew attention to bizarre and offensive Facebook posts found on the account of Steve Martin, the Republican nominee for mayor in Monroe Township, a bevy of Central Jersey Democrats have released statements...

NFIB unveils bipartisan list of legislative endorsements

September 15, 2021 12:22 pm

The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB), a nationwide advocacy group for small businesses, released a list of legislative endorsements today for candidates the group considers “pro-small business.” The list of 46 candidates includes 10 Democrats and 36 Republicans, most...

Carol Murphy wants state websites to catch up to 21st century

September 18, 2020 2:18 pm

With an increased number of New Jerseyans using the state government website to seek information about the coronavirus pandemic, Assemblywoman Carol Murphy (D-Mount Laurel) wants the state to modernize their websites. Murphy is the sponsor of the “21st Century Integrated...

Assembly Committee clears Ballot Cure Act

August 13, 2020 4:41 pm

An Assembly panel advanced a bill that would mandate the creation of a portal allowing voters to confidentially check whether their mail-in, provisional and overseas ballots were counted. “One of the foundations of our democracy is the right to vote,”...