Declan O'Scanlon Archives - New Jersey Globe

With Doherty departing, jockeying for his Senate Judiciary seat will soon begin

October 6, 2022 5:09 pm

State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) will likely be leaving the State Senate early next year to become Warren County Surrogate, depriving the chamber of its most stalwart conservative – and leaving a spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee, among the...

Senate Republicans want special legislative committee to investigate health plan rate hike

August 9, 2022 1:26 pmAugust 10, 2022 7:48 pm

In response to reports of a significant rate hike for New Jersey’s State Health Benefits Program (SHBP), Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) and State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) have introduced a bill creating a subpoena-powered special legislative committee...

Here’s what went down at the statehouse yesterday, other than the budget

June 28, 2022 4:19 pmJune 28, 2022 4:37 pm

With the budget deadline looming on Thursday, the focus in Trenton is firmly on the state budget, which was finally released and approved in committee last night after hours of waiting. But over the course of three different hours-long meetings,...

Budget is introduced in legislative committees and immediately approved

June 27, 2022 11:24 pmJune 28, 2022 11:55 am

Following in the footsteps of the transparency-challenged budget processes that came before it, New Jersey’s state budget for Fiscal Year 2023 was posted in committee in the Senate and Assembly today – and, shortly afterward, cleared on party-line votes. As...

Seven things to watch for on one of Trenton’s busiest days

June 27, 2022 10:59 amJune 27, 2022 3:12 pm

Just 37 legislators, representing less than a third of the total New Jersey Legislature, are scheduled to come to Trenton today – but it still might be the most important legislative day of the year. That’s because three of the...

N.J. gun package continues advancing as Supreme Court guts concealed carry laws

June 23, 2022 4:36 pmJune 23, 2022 5:06 pm

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s concealed carry restrictions this morning, the New Jersey Legislature continued taking steps in the opposite direction, with two committees passing a series of bills further strengthening the state’s gun laws....

Senate Republicans release counterproposal for FY2023 budget

May 26, 2022 2:25 pm

With New Jersey flush with surplus money as the state’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget is hammered out, the Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee released a proposal today pushing for $8 billion in tax relief as well as other amendments...