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A look at the 13 legislative districts hosting contested primaries in 2023

March 29, 2023 12:04 pmMarch 29, 2023 12:55 pm

Filing day has come and gone; though petition challenges and write-in candidacies could still shake some things up, we basically know who is running for the New Jersey Legislature this year and who isn’t. A total of 258 candidates filed...

The filing deadline is 17 days away, but primary season is already cooling down

March 10, 2023 4:00 pmMarch 13, 2023 3:13 am

The filing deadline for New Jersey’s 2023 primary is still 17 days away; the primary itself is a full 71 days after that. But thanks in large part to the power of the county line, primary season is already calming...

Senate Health Committee will hold discussion-only hearing on casino smoking bill

February 1, 2023 2:15 pmFebruary 1, 2023 9:28 pm

State Sen. Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge) announced today that the committee he chairs, the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee, will hold a February 13 discussion-only hearing on a long-languishing bill to ban smoking inside New Jersey’s casinos. “This...

Senate panel advances bill reforming chiropractor board

May 13, 2021 12:40 pm

The Senate Commerce Community unanimously advanced a bill that would expand the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and bar individuals convicted of a sex offense from being licensed to work in the health care industry. The bill would add two...

Murphy will nominate LaTourette to head DEP

April 14, 2021 12:11 pmApril 14, 2021 1:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will nominate acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette to permanently head the Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Globe has learned. LaTourette, a longtime environmental law attorney whom Murphy appointed to lead the department following former Environmental Commissioner...

Murphy proposes $20 million program to insure state’s children

March 30, 2021 11:43 amMarch 30, 2021 5:40 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday announced a new proposal that would appropriate $20 million to pay for unemployed children’s health insurance, a move he said has won the support of President Joe Biden’s administration. “We know that lack of coverage...

Weinberg, Sweeney to introduce bill dissolving, reforming chiropractic board

February 26, 2021 5:50 pm

The Senate’s top two Democrats will introduce a bill dissolving and reforming the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners after the body dismissed Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s motion to block the reinstatement of a sex offender’s license. “If the board can’t...