Gabriela Mosquera Archives

Murphy signs bill providing $10 million in aid to child care providers

April 13, 2021 2:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill providing New Jersey child care providers with $10 million in federal aid Tuesday. “Child care providers are absolutely critical to New Jersey’s workforce, and the COVID-19 pandemic has hit them especially hard,”...

Democratic women legislators compare Ciattarelli to Christie on health, family planning funding

March 22, 2021 9:34 amMarch 22, 2021 10:46 am

All 28 Democratic women in the New Jersey Legislature today slammed Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s for promising to remove funding cuts to women’s health and family planning services if he defeats Gov. Phil Murphy in the general election. The...

Assembly panel advances mandatory minimums bill, setting up floor vote

February 24, 2021 3:20 pmFebruary 24, 2021 10:29 pm

The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill removing mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines for official misconduct and a slew of non-violent drug and property crimes over objections from two of its Republican members. The panel cleared the bill 7-2....

Atlantic Democrats go to court to get Witherspoon sworn in

January 14, 2021 8:13 pmJanuary 14, 2021 8:18 pm

The Atlantic County Democratic Committee filed a brief seeking to force the Atlantic County Board of Commissioners to acknowledge Thelma Witherspoon’s appointment to fill the county’s third-district seat. Witherspoon defeated Republican Andrew Parker by 286 votes in November, but a...

The story of Ken Faulkner, and how Thelma Witherspoon might wind up a commissioner anyway

January 5, 2021 8:34 amJanuary 5, 2021 9:48 am

If a judge’s decision to toss the results of the 2020 Atlantic County Commissioner election holds up on appeal, Democrats have a strong argument to fill the seat on an interim basis – possibly with the candidate who got the...

Bucco sets record as top legislative vote-getter in modern N.J. legislative history

November 13, 2020 2:29 pm

State Sen. Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) has set a record after receiving the greatest number of votes of any candidate for the New Jersey Legislature under the current plan of 40 districts. Bucco is at 55,694 votes so far in...

Legislative Latino Caucus celebrates Oct. 5 census deadline

September 30, 2020 12:43 pm

The Legislative Latino Caucus celebrated Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s announcement saying the Census Bureau would continue its counts until Oct. 5. “We are grateful the Secretary of Commerce made the decision to extend the Census until October 5. The Census...