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Murphy won’t rule out dissolving chiropractor board

February 26, 2021 3:36 pmFebruary 26, 2021 5:37 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday declined to rule out dissolving the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for reinstating the license of a Paramus man convicted of convicted for luring or enticing underage girls. “I saw the action taken by the...

Chiropractic board earns bipartisan condemnation for reinstating sex offender’s license

February 25, 2021 6:28 pmFebruary 25, 2021 6:28 pm

The Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee’s top two members damned the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners after the body shot down Attorney General Gurbir Grewal’s motion to reconsider a license reinstatement for a convicted sex offender. “This...

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...

Senate panel advances bill requiring DoH to publish historical long-term care deaths

December 8, 2020 11:25 am

A State Senate Panel advanced a measure that would require the Department of Health to continually publish data on the number of deaths in the state’s long-term care centers Monday. “New Jersey currently has the highest rate of deaths from...

Vitale, Singer excoriate Chiropractic Board for reinstating sex offender’s license

December 1, 2020 2:52 pmDecember 1, 2020 3:46 pm

State Sens. Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge) and Bob Singer (R-Hamilton) condemned the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for reissuing a professional license to a convicted sex offender. “It is utterly inconceivable that the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners would think it...

The O’Toole Chronicles: My Experiences from Legislative Redistricting

October 13, 2020 12:01 amOctober 12, 2020 9:16 pm

As I filled out my vote-by-mail ballot this year and got to Ballot Question #3, it brought back a flood of memories related to Legislative Redistricting – both as a member of the Legislature deeply affected in 2001 and as...

Weinberg, Vitale bill making COVID response documents subject to OPRA advances

August 20, 2020 1:58 pm

A Senate committee advanced a bill that would make documents related to the state’s COVID-19 response subject to the Open Public Record Act Thursday. “It is in times of uncertainty that we need transparency the most,” Senate Majority Leader Loretta...