Jamel Holley Archives - New Jersey Globe

Rice urges Currie to add more women to redistricting commission

May 18, 2020 10:19 amMay 18, 2020 10:49 am

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) urged Democratic State Chairman John Currie to appoint at least two women — and at least one woman of color — to Democrats’ half of the Legislative Redistricting Commission. “As legislators throughout the state pour...

Steinhardt tells Murphy to act more like Cuomo on fiscal issues

April 27, 2020 1:16 pm

One of Gov. Phil Murphy’s possible Republican opponents wants New Jersey to follow New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lead and “exercise economic restraint” as the state deals with the financial crisis created by the coronavirus pandemic. “As we emerge from...

Ciattarelli raises $309k for ’21 gubernatorial bid

April 14, 2020 2:58 pm

Jack Ciattarelli has raised $309,462 for his bid for the 2021 Republican gubernatorial nomination, the New Jersey Globe has learned. A former assemblyman from Somerset County, Ciattarelli became the first candidate to enter the race to challenge Gov. Phil Murphy...

Holley wants Murphy to conditionally veto COVID-19 immunity bill

April 14, 2020 8:50 am

A Democratic legislator who has declined to rule out a primary challenge to Gov. Phil Murphy, called on the governor to conditionally veto a bill that would provide healthcare workers and hospitals with immunity from criminal and civil malpractice lawsuits....

Opinion: I Heard Cries. Then, I Saw The Faces… My Vaccine Story

February 24, 2020 1:18 pmFebruary 24, 2020 3:12 pm

OPINION As I sat in the Statehouse Assembly Chambers last month, I heard echoes from the voices of desperate parents seeking to be heard on the one parental right they have: the protection of their children! In the mixture of these...

Holley fires back at Conaway

February 4, 2020 12:21 pm

Assemblyman Jamel Holley fired back at Assemblyman Herb Conaway after the latter suggested Holley’s vocal opposition to a leadership-backed bill eliminating a religious vaccination exemption could be losing him some support in the chamber. “This legislation stripping the rights of...

Holley’s stance on vaccines not winning friends in Assembly, Conaway says

February 3, 2020 2:50 pm

Assemblyman Herb Conaway suggested Assemblyman Jamel Holley’s opposition to a bill eliminating a religious vaccination exemption wasn’t winning him any friends in the legislature’s lower chamber. “You said that, not me. But you’d be right,” said Conaway, who chairs the...