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Senate Health Committee chairman backs Sweeney’s e-cig ban

September 11, 2019 4:00 pm

Senate Health and Human Services Committee Chairman Joe Vitale backed Senate President Steve Sweeney’s proposed ban on all electronic cigarette products Wednesday. “It’s clear that flavored and non-flavored vaping products, including e-cigarettes, pose a severe and immediate health risk for...

Murphy stops short of calling for Troiano, Silva resignations

July 8, 2019 1:00 pmJuly 8, 2019 8:47 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was deeply troubled by the comments of two New Jersey family court judges who have come under fire for their handling of sexual assault cases but stopped short of calling for their resignations. “I’m extremely...

Middlesex Dem Senators file complaint against Silva

July 5, 2019 4:18 pmJuly 8, 2019 7:10 pm

A Superior Court Judge under fire for her handling of a rape case is now facing an misconduct complaint. Four state senators from Middlesex County – Patrick Diegnan (D-South Plainfield), Linda Greenstein (D-Plainsboro), Robert Smith (D-Piscataway) and Joseph Vitale (D-Woodbridge)...

Medical weed ‘pissing contest’ won’t help patients, Vitale says

June 3, 2019 5:02 pmJune 3, 2019 5:06 pm

State Sen. Joe Vitale, the prime Senate sponsor of the medical marijuana expansion bill working its way through the legislature, wasn’t thrilled at Gov. Phil Murphy’s releasing an alternative plan to greatly increase the number of marijuana dispensaries and other...

Budget deal sent to Murphy’s desk

July 1, 2018 8:00 pmJuly 9, 2018 4:10 pm

Almost 24 hours after lawmakers announced a budget deal yesterday evening, legislators have pushed through all the bills needed to make the first budget passed under Gov. Phil Murphy work. Though legislators in both chambers were called into Trenton at...

Sweeney dumps Sacco as Transportation chairman

January 9, 2018 11:04 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney has removed Nicholas Sacco (D-Hudson) as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and replaced him with Bob Gordon (D-Bergen). This comes as no surprise, since Sacco aligned himself with factions of the Democratic party that had...