Declan O'Scanlon Archives

Murphy stays out of O’Scanlon battle with Twitter

July 19, 2021 4:52 pmJuly 19, 2021 5:44 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy did not take sides on whether or not Twitter’s decision to temporarily suspend State Sen, Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) was justified but hopes the social media platform remains consistent in applying the ban rules. Over the weekend,...

July 10, 2021: State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon and Jean Sinzdak of the Center for American Women and Politics

July 10, 2021 5:08 pmJuly 12, 2021 4:45 pm

State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) and Jean Sinzdak, the associate director of the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power...

Murphy defends opaque budget process

June 23, 2021 5:03 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy defended the process that saw a $46.4 billion spending bill approved by budget committees in both chambers mere moments after the legislation’s text became publicly available, but he expressed willingness to explore reforms to bring transparency to...

Senate committee approve budget mere minutes after 281-page bill becomes public

June 22, 2021 6:37 pm

The Senate Budget Committee approved a 281-page bill appropriating more than $52 billion mere minutes after its full text became available to the public Tuesday. The committee’s Democratic members faced repeated questions throughout the day about what they promised would...

34 candidates, including incumbents, failed to file financial disclosures with ELEC

June 15, 2021 10:26 amJune 20, 2021 10:15 pm

State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon told the New Jersey Globe he filed his disclosure after this story was published. The missed deadline, he said, was the result of confusion related to similar but separate disclosures sitting legislators file with the Office...

Ciattarelli joins chorus of GOP criticism over rosy revenue collections

June 10, 2021 2:05 pmJune 10, 2021 7:32 pm

This article was updated with comment from Alyana Alfaro Post, Gov. Phil Murphy’s press secretary, at 3:32 p.m. Republican Gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli joined the chorus of GOP critics taking aim at better-than-expected revenue collections Thursday, charging Gov. Phil Murphy’s...

DiMaso ousted after being dropped from Monmouth GOP line

June 8, 2021 9:21 pm

The Monmouth County line proved too much for Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (R-Holmdel) to overcome. Assemblyman Gerard Scharfenberger (R-Middletown) and Holmdel School Board President Vicky Flynn will go on to the general election. The contest in the 13th district was one...