Declan O'Scanlon Archives - New Jersey Globe

O’Scanlon: Teachers should get vaccine priority in next phase

February 25, 2021 12:46 pm

State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) urged Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to prioritize inoculating teachers when the state moves into its next phase of vaccine deliveries. “It is imperative that we put politics aside and do all we can to...

Ciattarelli gives Murphy’s budget address low marks

February 23, 2021 3:10 pmFebruary 23, 2021 6:17 pm

This article was updated with comment from Jerrel Harvey at 6:17 p.m. Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address received low marks from Republican Gubernatorial frontrunner Jack Ciattarelli, who chaffed over the budget’s growth under Murphy and his adherence to the state’s...

Some Republicans could support marijuana cleanup, but increased liability for police an obstacle

February 18, 2021 5:08 pm

Democratic leadership in the Senate has made overtures to the chamber’s Republican members on a marijuana cleanup bill that would establish penalties for underage use, and at least some GOP lawmakers are may be willing to support the proposal, the...

New Jersey to expand indoor dining capacity to 35% Friday

February 3, 2021 12:22 pmFebruary 3, 2021 12:26 pm

New Jersey will soon allow more diners to eat indoors, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday. The governor will sign an executive order expanding indoor dining capacity from 25% to 35% starting Friday. It’ll be the first capacity expansion since Murphy...

Kean retirement sparks GOP leadership elections in Senate, Assembly

February 1, 2021 2:45 pmFebruary 1, 2021 3:51 pm

Today’s announcement by Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) that he will not seek re-election to the State Senate will trigger a change in Republican leadership in both houses. Republicans will need to replace Kean as the senate Republican leader when his...

Monmouth GOP mulls dropping DiMaso from organization line

January 26, 2021 4:48 pm

Conflicts with top Monmouth County Republican leaders have put Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) in serious danger of losing party support for a third term, setting up a likely convention fight and potentially a bid off the line in the GOP...

This…is what our vaccine dose delivery system will have to ramp up to in order to get us to 70% by the end of June

January 25, 2021 12:34 pmJanuary 25, 2021 12:34 pm

OPINION Goals are endpoints. Missions are plans/strategies to achieve goals. Our “goal”, and it’s one we should shoot for, is to get 70% of the adult NJ population vaccinated by the end of June. We need to understand the mission...