Greg McGuckin Archives - New Jersey Globe

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...

Cryan ‘disappointed’ by Murphy’s conditional veto of bribery bill

May 16, 2022 1:05 pmMay 17, 2022 12:04 am

State Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union), the Senate sponsor of a bill applying bribery laws to candidates for political office (rather than just elected officeholders), said today that he was frustrated by Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of the bill last...

Bill extending bribery laws to political candidates sails through Senate committee

March 21, 2022 4:54 pm

Less than a week after it passed the Assembly State and Local Government Committee, a bill extending New Jersey’s bribery laws to candidates for political office who don’t hold elected office unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The vote...

Assembly committee advances long-languishing bill extending bribery laws to candidates

March 17, 2022 11:53 am

The Assembly State and Local Government Committee today unanimously advanced a perennially sidelined bill that would make existing bribery statutes apply to candidates for office; under current law, only those who hold elected office can be charged with bribery. The...

Longtime Assembly bill to apply bribery statute to candidates gets a Senate sponsor

November 23, 2021 2:09 pm

A nine-year bid to apply the state’s bribery statute to candidates for public office continues, but now with a sponsor in the State Senate. State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) introduced legislation on Monday that would make it a crime for...

Holzapfel, Catalano, McGuckin win in the 10th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 2:13 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Jim Holzapfel (R-Toms River), Assemblyman John Catalano (R-Brick), and Assemblyman Gregory McGuckin (R-Toms River) have won re-election to the 10th legislative district. The district, which includes Toms River and other nearby...

Seven ways to redistrict Lakewood

August 13, 2021 2:42 pmAugust 16, 2021 12:19 am

The Ocean County town of Lakewood is growing – and fast. With a 2020 population of 135,138, well up from 92,843 in 2010, the town is set to make up 58% of any legislative district it is a part of,...