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Environment New Jersey endorses Murphy, select group of legislative candidates

October 13, 2021 9:47 amOctober 13, 2021 1:57 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has been endorsed by Environment New Jersey, one of the state’s leading environmental advocacy organizations, in his bid to win re-election to a second term. Endorsements also went to 13 candidates for the legislature – a more...

Murphy signs bill downgrading magic mushroom penalties

February 4, 2021 4:29 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law reducing criminal penalties for possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms Thursday. The bill would make possession of one ounce or less of psilocybin, the psychoactive found in more than 200 types of mushrooms, a disorderly persons...

Assembly panel approves magic mushrooms bill

December 7, 2020 10:34 amDecember 14, 2020 3:06 pm

The New Jersey State Assembly Judiciary Committee today approved legislation to downgrade procession of psilocybin mushrooms, known as “magic mushrooms,” to a disorderly persons offense. It was approved along party lines by a 4-1 vote, with one Republican abstaining. The...

Murphy signs plastic bag ban

November 4, 2020 12:29 pmNovember 4, 2020 1:02 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill banning single-use plastic and paper bags in all New Jersey stores and eateries Wednesday, delivering environmentalists a long-sought victory that saw repeated hurdles on its path to the governor’s pen. “Plastic bags are one...

Pinkin departure sets up opening for Assembly Environment chair

February 10, 2020 3:37 pm

The chair of the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee will probably be up for grabs next January. The current chair, Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin (D-East Brunswick), is the overwhelming favorite to become the next Middlesex County Clerk. Democrats have not...

Kennedy, Carter win in 22nd

November 5, 2019 8:01 pmNovember 5, 2019 7:47 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Democratic incumbents James Kennedy and Linda Carter have been re-elected to the New Jersey State Assembly in the 22nd district. They defeated the lone Republican candidate, former Garwood Mayor Patricia Quattrocchi. Kennedy, a...

Quattrocchi predicts Democrats will make Rain Tax permanent

September 26, 2019 2:25 pm

Republican Assembly candidate Patricia Quattrocchi has pledged not to vote for any bills that would raise taxes if she unseats incumbents James Kennedy (D-Rahway) and Linda Carter (D-Plainfield) in the heavily-Democratic 22nd district. Quattrocchi, a former Mayor of Garwood, is...