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Assembly descends into intense debate on police officers in polling places

October 27, 2022 5:46 pm

Should uniformed police officers be allowed in polling places? The New Jersey Assembly held an impassioned and often deeply personal debate on that subject today, shortly before passing a bill loosening certain restrictions on plainclothes police officers with a unanimous...

40% of N.J. inmates released early during pandemic had already been denied parole, Republicans say

June 2, 2022 5:37 pmJune 2, 2022 6:45 pm

Of the more than 7,600 inmates granted early release under a 2020 law passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Murphy during the Covid-19 public health emergency, over 40% had previously been denied parole, according to documents received...

DiMaio, Wirths propose income tax cuts

May 24, 2022 12:40 pm

Two top Assembly Republican leaders proposed a plan to cut income taxes for the middle class and the poor as part of a four-point plan to provide tax relief to New Jerseyans. Assembly Minority Leader John DiMaio (R-Hackettstown) and Assembly...

Ireland pitches Rutgers Scarlet Knights Football to play a game in Dublin

April 26, 2022 12:00 amApril 26, 2022 12:19 am

Ireland is trying to persuade the Rutgers University Scarlet Knights football team to play a Big Ten Conference football game there next season. The pitch was made to a group of about fifteen New Jersey legislators visiting there earlier this...

Murphy emphasizes property taxes, affordability in 2023 budget address

March 8, 2022 3:56 pmMarch 12, 2022 2:33 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his Fiscal Year 2023 Budget address today before a joint session of the Senate and Assembly – the first such event to be held in-person since the Covid pandemic began – in which he highlighted fiscal...

Oroho, Space, Wirths win in the 24th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmFebruary 8, 2022 11:47 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Steven Oroho (R-Franklin), Assemblyman Parker Space (R-Wantage), and Assemblyman Hal Wirths (R-Hardyston) have won re-election to the 24th legislative district. They beat Frederick and Georgianna Cook, who are apparently related to...

Muñoz has votes to become new Assembly minority leader

October 15, 2021 5:28 pmOctober 17, 2021 9:46 am

Nancy Muñoz appears set to become the next minority leader of the New Jersey State Assembly after forging a coalition with John DiMaio, the New Jersey Globe has learned. DiMaio (R-Hackettstown) will drop his bid for the post and become...