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Clean Water Action backs Sherrill

September 15, 2020 4:03 pmSeptember 15, 2020 11:56 pm

Clean Water Action endorsed Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-Montclair) reelection Tuesday. “I am proud to receive Clean Water Action’s endorsement again in 2020,” Sherrill said. “Over the past 19 months, I have held 19 town halls, and our residents have made...

Supreme Court will announce ruling on Murphy borrowing plan Wednesday

August 11, 2020 5:41 pmAugust 12, 2020 9:05 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court will release their opinion in a challenge to Gov. Phil Murphy’s $10 billion borrowing plan mounted by Republicans at noon tomorrow, a spokesperson for the top court says. The court heard oral arguments on August...

Webber wants Murphy to get himself charged with executive order violation

June 12, 2020 6:08 pmJune 12, 2020 9:24 pm

Assemblyman Jay Webber wants to get Gov. Phil Murphy charged with an executive order violation. “Governor Murphy has placed himself above and beyond his own law, sabotaging his own moral authority,” Webber said. “Is it any wonder then that desperate...

Webber bill would invalidate executive orders governors violate

June 11, 2020 4:31 pm

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris Plains) introduced a bill that would allow individuals charged with an executive order violation to use a governor’s violation of the same order as a legal defense. “Our citizens are entitled to the equal protection of...

Murphy could face citizen’s complaint for violating executive order

June 8, 2020 11:49 pmJune 9, 2020 12:54 am

Republicans slammed Gov. Phil Murphy for tweeting out a photo of himself at a crowded police brutality march that exceeds his own limit of 25 people in a public gathering. “Only can happen in New Jersey. Governor Murphy violates his...

GOP lawsuit to stop Murphy borrowing won’t hurt party coffers, Steinhardt says

June 4, 2020 8:54 pm

Republicans filing a lawsuit to block Gov. Phil Murphy from borrowing billions to plug revenue shortfalls caused by the coronavirus won’t deplete party resources for the upcoming election, GOP leaders said. “At some point you have to be willing to...

Assembly Republicans continue push against borrowing plan

June 4, 2020 11:32 am

Assembly Republicans continued to push against a borrowing plan the chamber is expected to approve Thursday, claiming Gov. Phil Murphy and the state’s Democratic lawmakers would use the bill to enact new taxes and increase existing ones. “This is a...