Ed Durr 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...

Platkin co-leads court challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

August 4, 2022 10:34 am

Acting Attorney General Matt Platkin announced today that he and Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine will lead a 16-state-and-district coalition opposing Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, often known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. “In New Jersey, we...

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....

Healey beats Smith in contentious 3rd district Republican primary

June 7, 2022 9:59 pmJune 8, 2022 12:15 am

The New Jersey Globe projects that Bob Healey Jr. has won the Republican primary in the 3rd congressional district, defeating Atilis Gym owner Ian Smith. As of 10:50 p.m., Healey had 54% of the vote to Smith’s 36%. Healey, a...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Nine things you should know about from today’s legislative session

May 26, 2022 6:30 pm

Both houses of the New Jersey legislature were in session today, so if you were in the Trenton area and felt a chill in the air, that’s why. Dozens of bills were passed, several Republican attempts to bring up their...

Murphy demands state legislature vote on every gun bill, Democratic and Republican

May 25, 2022 2:30 pmMay 26, 2022 9:58 am

At a press conference scheduled in response to yesterday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead, Gov. Phil Murphy today called on the New Jersey legislature to put every proposed gun bill – including both...