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Cryan ‘disappointed’ by Murphy’s conditional veto of bribery bill

May 16, 2022 1:05 pmMay 17, 2022 12:04 am

State Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union), the Senate sponsor of a bill applying bribery laws to candidates for political office (rather than just elected officeholders), said today that he was frustrated by Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of the bill last...

Bill extending bribery laws to political candidates sails through Senate committee

March 21, 2022 4:54 pm

Less than a week after it passed the Assembly State and Local Government Committee, a bill extending New Jersey’s bribery laws to candidates for political office who don’t hold elected office unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. The vote...

Assembly committee advances long-languishing bill extending bribery laws to candidates

March 17, 2022 11:53 am

The Assembly State and Local Government Committee today unanimously advanced a perennially sidelined bill that would make existing bribery statutes apply to candidates for office; under current law, only those who hold elected office can be charged with bribery. The...

Platkin has Cryan’s vote for confirmation as attorney general

February 3, 2022 9:39 pm

State Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union) says he will vote to confirm Matt Platkin as New Jersey’s next Attorney General. “Matt has demonstrated an ability to build relationships. He ran his office with professionalism,” Cryan said. “He has a vision for...

Donnelly re-elected FMBA president

October 14, 2021 10:17 am

Eddie Donnelly took office this week for his fourth term as president of the New Jersey Firefighters Mutual Benevolent Association after winning re-election without opposition. The union represents more than 5,000 career firefighters, dispatchers and EMTs statewide. Donnelly noted the...

Murphy open-minded to rolling campaign finance reporting

June 14, 2021 3:18 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was “open-minded” to requiring campaigns to report their finances year-round Monday. “The notion of having some sort of regular rhythm to it, or cadence to it, strikes me as reasonable,” he said. Multiple bills that...

Cryan introduces bill mandating continual campaign fundraising disclosures

June 11, 2021 4:47 pm

State Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union) introduced a bill that would require candidates for state office, including the legislature and governorship, to report campaign contributions within 48 hours of their receipt. The bill, whose text runs for only a page, would...