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Trailblazer: Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver

January 17, 2022 12:22 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:18 pm

Sheila Oliver is the first Black to serve as Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey, the first Black woman to win a statewide election in New Jersey, and was the first Black woman to serve as Speaker of the New Jersey...

Johnson, Zwicker get Budget & Appropriations Committee seats

January 12, 2022 4:04 pmJanuary 12, 2022 4:55 pm

Two freshman state senators, Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood) and Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick), have secured seats on the influential Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) continues as the longest-serving Budget and Appropriations chairman in state history; he’s held that...

Sweeney skeptical of Murphy’s third gun control push

December 16, 2021 4:15 pmDecember 16, 2021 4:16 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) said today that he is hesitant to support many of the bills in Gov. Phil Murphy’s newest gun control package, arguing that some struck him as legislation for the sake of legislation. “We’ve got...

Longtime Assembly bill to apply bribery statute to candidates gets a Senate sponsor

November 23, 2021 2:09 pm

A nine-year bid to apply the state’s bribery statute to candidates for public office continues, but now with a sponsor in the State Senate. State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) introduced legislation on Monday that would make it a crime for...

Cryan, Quijano, Atkins win in the 20th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:56 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that Democratic State Sen. Joseph Cryan (D-Union) and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (D-Elizabeth) have been re-elected to the 20th legislative district, and that Roselle Democratic chairman Reginald Atkins has been elected to his first term...

FEMA issues major disaster declarations for Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Union Counties

September 10, 2021 1:37 pmSeptember 10, 2021 3:07 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued Ida-related major disaster declarations in four more counties – Essex, Hudson, Mercer, and Union – bringing the total number of New Jersey counties included up to 10. “We just received a [FEMA]...

Scutari, Cryan endorse Mondella in Hillside mayoral race

July 2, 2021 5:57 pmJuly 3, 2021 1:11 pm

Union County Democratic leaders, including State Sen./Democratic County Chairman Nicholas Scutari and State Sen. Joseph Cryan, have endorsed Nancy Mondella for mayor of Hillside. Mondella, a councilwoman, is challenging incumbent Dahlia Vertreese in the November non-partisan municipal election. The local...