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Testa rejoins Senate Judiciary Committee following Doherty’s departure

December 19, 2022 12:11 pm

With the departure of State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) to become Warren County Surrogate, State Sen. Michael Testa (R-Vineland) has taken his seat on the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee, where he previously served until this year. The committee, which votes...

Five Superior Court nominees, incumbent Cape May surrogate among them, clear judiciary committee

December 19, 2022 11:40 amDecember 19, 2022 4:46 pm

UPDATE: The full Senate passed every nominee unanimously at its full voting session in the afternoon, just a few hours after the nominees went through committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved five nominees for Superior Court judgeships this morning, among...

With Doherty departing, jockeying for his Senate Judiciary seat will soon begin

October 6, 2022 5:09 pm

State Sen. Michael Doherty (R-Oxford) will likely be leaving the State Senate early next year to become Warren County Surrogate, depriving the chamber of its most stalwart conservative – and leaving a spot on the Senate Judiciary Committee, among the...

Bateman, Addiego, Stender confirmed by Senate in concise voting session

January 31, 2022 11:16 am

Today the Senate held its first full voting session of the 2022-23 legislative session, though the word “full” is perhaps an exaggeration for proceedings that took around four minutes in total. The only items on the agenda were the nominations...

Former legislators sail through Senate Judiciary Committee

January 27, 2022 12:58 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced three of their former colleagues – former State Sen. Kip Bateman (R-Branchburg), former State Sen. Dawn Addiego (D-Evesham), and former Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Fanwood) – by unanimous votes, clearing the way for the former...

Liberty Park protection bill limps through Senate committee

December 9, 2021 3:00 pmDecember 9, 2021 4:58 pm

The Senate Environment and Energy Committee advanced the Liberty State Park Protection Act without recommendation today, using a rarely-seen maneuver to note their discomfort with the bill while nevertheless forwarding it to the Budget and Appropriations Committee. The bill, sponsored...

16th district Republicans fight to stanch the bleeding

October 27, 2021 12:01 amOctober 27, 2021 9:59 am

Republicans in the 16th legislative district have not had a good decade. The first blow came in 2011, when the state went through its post-Census redistricting cycle. The 16th district had long been a Somerset County-based district, and thus had...