Jay Webber Archives - New Jersey Globe

Bipartisan Assemblymembers push bill requiring background checks for youth sports coaches

March 11, 2026 12:28 pm

A bipartisan group of Assemblymembers will introduce legislation to require adults who work in youth sports to undergo annual background checks, they announced Wednesday. The bill, which hasn’t yet been released, would require coaches who work with children in sports...

The price of Webber speaking up? Loss of committee seat, leadership post

January 23, 2026 3:00 pmJanuary 23, 2026 5:03 pm

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) has lost his seat on the influential Financial Institutions & Insurance Committee and his Republican leadership post after seeking to hold Assembly Minority Leader John DiMaio accountable for losing eleven seats over the last two...

Bergen, Webber win in LD26

November 4, 2025 11:46 pm

Assemblymen Brian Bergen (R-Denville) and Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) have won re-election in the 26th legislative district, the New Jersey Globe projects, keeping two of Trenton’s most prominent conservative voices in office. The pair of assemblymen won by a smaller...

National organization of state troopers backs all incumbent legislators, will stay out of N.J. governor’s race

October 9, 2025 12:56 amOctober 9, 2025 12:57 pm

The National Troopers Coalition will remain neutral in the New Jersey governor’s race and has endorsed every incumbent in contests for the State Assembly. In the two split districts, the organization representing over 43,000 state troopers from 47 groups nationwide...

PBA endorses incumbents, no challengers, in Assembly races

August 26, 2025 12:31 pmAugust 26, 2025 1:06 pm

The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association has endorsed incumbents in the most competitive legislative races, with support of the state’s largest law enforcement union going to Democrats in the 3rd and 11th districts and Republicans in the 21st district;...

NJ.com/Star-Ledger owner is major Sherrill donor

August 18, 2025 6:07 amAugust 18, 2025 3:11 pm

An heir to the $24 billion Newhouse publishing empire that owns NJ.com and the Star-Ledger has contributed over $400,000 to Democratic candidates nationally, and $16,700 to Mikie Sherrill’s campaigns for governor and Congress. Ben Newhouse, a 43-year-old Jersey City resident...

Thanks to Webber and Murphy, the N.J. flag flies at The Alamo

July 30, 2025 1:42 pm

A nineteen-year-old New Jersey man who died as a defender of The Alamo in 1836 will now be honored with a state flag at the Texas historical landmark thanks to the sharp eye of Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) and...