Loretta Weinberg Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge rules in favor of Teaneck referendum moving local elections to November

September 13, 2021 12:15 pmSeptember 13, 2021 4:46 pm

Superior Court Judge Robert C. Wilson ruled today in favor of petitioners with Teaneck’s One Town One Vote initiative, and against Acting Teaneck Town Clerk Doug Ruccione, allowing a ballot referendum moving local elections from May to November to be...

Abortion is now a front-and-center issue in N.J. gubernatorial campaign

September 1, 2021 10:47 pmSeptember 2, 2021 3:03 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said that the U.S. Supreme Court’s failure to block a Texas law outlawing most abortions after about six weeks into a pregnancy puts Roe v. Wade in jeopardy, but he declined to say if he would exercise...

Planned Parenthood calls on legislature to pass much-lobbied Reproductive Freedom Act

August 24, 2021 1:04 pmAugust 25, 2021 11:15 am

Of the ten most lobbied bills in the 2020-21 legislative session, only one has yet to receive a committee hearing: the Reproductive Freedom Act, a bill concerning abortion access in New Jersey. Introduced by a coalition of 11 members of...

Deals to house ICE detainees in county jails now illegal in New Jersey

August 20, 2021 12:29 pmAugust 20, 2021 1:51 pm

A bill barring counties and other local governments from entering into contracts with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain undocumented is now law. Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) and...

The senator, the sculptor, and the tree

August 20, 2021 11:37 amAugust 20, 2021 1:27 pm

When Teaneck’s giant red oak was cut down in 2013, down with it came centuries of North Jersey history. The 300-year-old tree had witnessed the Revolutionary War and was alive for every moment of New Jersey’s statehood, but a declaration...

Foiled once again in attempt to move local elections, Teaneck petitioners file suit

August 19, 2021 12:06 pm

Teaneck Town Clerk Doug Ruccione has once again rejected petitioners for the One Town One Vote initiative in their efforts to move the township’s local elections from May to November. The petitioners have, in return, filed suit to force a...

Women legislators hard-pressed to increase their numbers in 2021

August 11, 2021 11:38 amAugust 11, 2021 11:40 am

The New Jersey state legislature, where all four legislative leaders and nearly 60% of all legislators are white men, is a body that has room to grow more diverse. But based on the candidates running this November, the 2021 elections...