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Teaneck School Board member backs Huttle

May 24, 2021 12:37 pm

Teaneck School Board member Danielle Gee endorsed Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) for State Senate Monday. “Valerie’s record speaks for itself: she has been a champion for women’s rights, a stout advocate for working families, the voice for adults and...

South Jersey Democrat running for Assembly on Atlantic line backs ballot reform

May 24, 2021 11:42 am

A county-backed Assembly candidate running in a race that promises to be one of the year’s most competitive contests supports eliminating organizational lines. Atlantic County Commissioner Caren Fitzpatrick, a Democrat, told the Good Government Coalition of New Jersey she supported...

Vainieri Huttle calls on Coughlin, Greenwald, Johnson to move abortion protections bill

May 21, 2021 5:02 pmMay 23, 2021 10:17 pm

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) on Friday called on the chamber’s top three Democrats to move the Reproductive Freedom act, which remains stalled as some Democrats question the need to codify New Jersey’s abortions protections. “Despite the immediate threats to...

Sweeney, Coughlin hold leadership posts

January 14, 2020 2:00 pm

Democratic leaders in both chambers of the legislature won new terms during their reorganizations Thursday. Steve Sweeney was sworn into his sixth term as Senate president, making him the longest-serving senate president in the state’s history. “It is an honor...

Greenwald willing to meet with Altman ‘any time she wants’

November 20, 2019 7:05 pmNovember 21, 2019 1:00 am

Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald said he was willing to meet with a progressive activist who was dragged out of a Senate hearing on Monday. “Sue Altman can meet with me any time she wants. All she has to do...

Oliver signs gun violence hospital intervention bills

August 5, 2019 5:01 pmAugust 6, 2019 11:32 am

Acting Gov. Sheila Oliver signed three gun violence bills into law Monday after a weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio left at least 30 dead and dozens more injured. On Sunday, a masked gunman wielding a rifle fitted with a...

Murphy endorses incumbents, including Norcross, for re-election

July 18, 2019 5:14 pmJuly 19, 2019 9:59 am

Gov. Phil Murphy backed all eleven Democratic members of New Jersey’s House delegation for re-election Thursday, including Rep. Donald Norcross (D-Camden), the brother of a political powerbroker tied to Murphy’s disputes with the legislature. “I view myself, categorically, as the...