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Murphy signs bill providing $10 million in aid to child care providers

April 13, 2021 2:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill providing New Jersey child care providers with $10 million in federal aid Tuesday. “Child care providers are absolutely critical to New Jersey’s workforce, and the COVID-19 pandemic has hit them especially hard,”...

March 20, 2021: Senator Joe Lagana and Mayor Reed Gusciora

March 20, 2021 6:36 pmMarch 27, 2021 7:11 pm

Click PLAY to listen State Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus) and Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, March 20. Wildstein spoke to Lagana about New...

Gopal, Democrats introduce bill to notify parents of first underage marijuana offense

March 4, 2021 8:49 pmMarch 4, 2021 9:26 pm

Lawmakers in both chambers will introduce a bill allowing police officers to notify the parents of underage marijuana users on the first offense instead of the second. “While New Jersey has made recreational Marijuana legal in the state of New...

Senate panel approves bill extending additional unemployment benefits

December 15, 2020 2:51 pm

A Senate panel unanimously approved a measure that would extend additional unemployment insurance benefits for an additional eight weeks and allow a job-sharing furlough program to continue Tuesday. “With Congress still negotiating a new stimulus bill and unemployment benefits starting...

Vitale still backing bill to eliminate vaccine religious exemptions

December 9, 2020 12:13 pmDecember 9, 2020 1:12 pm

State Sen. Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge) hasn’t abandoned a bill that would eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations, but the measure still doesn’t appear to have the support needed to pass a vote in the legislature’s upper chamber. “Still happy to have...

Gottheimer wants NJ lawmakers to kill financial transaction tax proposal

October 20, 2020 11:32 amOctober 20, 2020 2:07 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) became the most prominent New Jersey Democrat to advocate against a proposed tax on financial transactions Tuesday. Gottheimer, a two-term moderate who is seeking re-election, cautioned a proposal backed by Democratic leaders in Trenton that would...

Four more N.J. House members endorse Joe Biden

March 11, 2020 7:00 amMarch 11, 2020 3:37 pm

Four more New Jersey House members – Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) – have endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. That brings the total number of congressional endorsements for...