Kristin Corrado Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate confirms Wainer Apter, Fasciale, bringing N.J. Supreme Court to near-full strength

October 17, 2022 3:58 pmOctober 17, 2022 4:16 pm

New Jersey Division on Civil Rights director Rachel Wainer Apter and Superior Court Judge Douglas Faciale were confirmed today by the State Senate for seven-year terms on the New Jersey Supreme Court, at last addressing a vacancy crisis on the...

Fasciale, Wainer Apter approved by committee for spots on N.J. Supreme Court

October 13, 2022 3:23 pmOctober 14, 2022 9:34 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee took a huge step towards restocking the undermanned New Jersey Supreme Court today, approving New Jersey Division on Civil Rights director Rachel Wainer Apter and Superior Court Judge Douglas Fasciale for two seats on the state’s...

What to watch for in today’s Senate hearings for two N.J. Supreme Court nominees

October 13, 2022 12:01 amOctober 12, 2022 7:53 pm

Today, after a year and a half of limbo, the Senate Judiciary Committee will at last hold hearings on two nominees to the New Jersey Supreme Court: Rachel Wainer Apter and Douglas Fasciale. The court has been hobbled by a...

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...

Murphy executive order ends testing requirements for school employees, state contractors

August 15, 2022 11:42 am

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order today nixing mandates that unvaccinated school employees, child care workers, and workers under state contracts undergo weekly testing, following recent CDC guidance advising the loosening of Covid restrictions. The order goes into effect...

Here’s what went down at the statehouse yesterday, other than the budget

June 28, 2022 4:19 pmJune 28, 2022 4:37 pm

With the budget deadline looming on Thursday, the focus in Trenton is firmly on the state budget, which was finally released and approved in committee last night after hours of waiting. But over the course of three different hours-long meetings,...

Corrado doesn’t plan on giving Allen-McMillan courtesy in near future

June 28, 2022 12:00 pm

State Sen. Kristin Corrado (R-Totowa), who has for over a year blocked acting Commissioner of Education Angelica Allen-McMillan’s nomination to the role she already holds, said yesterday that she currently has no plans to let Allen-McMillan through anytime soon. “Nothing...