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Statements on the Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

May 3, 2022 10:46 amMay 4, 2022 1:57 pm

Last night, Politico released a leaked draft majority opinion written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito that would overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 case that established the constitutional right to abortion. Though the draft is not necessarily final...

Oroho sees potential for cooperation with South Jersey Democrats

January 31, 2022 1:12 pm

With former Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford)’s redistricting commission ouster exposing a potential rift between South and North Jersey Democrats, Senate Minority Leader Steven Oroho (R-Franklin) said today that he is optimistic Republicans can work with any Democrats who...

The story of a N.J. Assembly Democratic feud and the ‘seven southern castaways’

January 31, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 31, 2022 12:04 pm

The decision of Democrats to dump Steve Sweeney, the former Senate President, from his seat on the Legislative Apportionment Commission, has led to speculation – so far unfounded, that South Jersey will retaliate through diminished cooperation with the Gov. Phil...

In private redistricting meeting, some South Jersey Dems praise Jones’ leadership

January 30, 2022 5:04 pmJanuary 31, 2022 12:12 am

With more than 50 Democratic legislators, party leaders and staff on a Zoom meeting to discuss legislative redistricting on Sunday morning, no one raised an objection to the dumping of former Senate President Steve Sweeney from the Apportionment Commission, according...

Carol Murphy is new Assembly Majority Whip

January 14, 2022 12:36 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has named Carol Murphy, a three-term assemblywoman from Burlington County, as the new Majority Whip. She will replace Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne), who did not seek re-election in 2021. Louis Greenwald (D-Voorhees) was re-elected Majority Leader when...

Gun safety package advances through Assembly committees

December 13, 2021 4:47 pmApril 3, 2022 11:39 am

A raft of nine gun control-related bills championed by Gov. Phil Murphy successfully cleared the Assembly Judiciary and Appropriations Committees today, two weeks after Murphy and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-South Amboy) reached a deal to push the legislation through...

December 11, 2021: Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald and GOP congressional candidate Nick De Gregorio

December 11, 2021 10:04 pmDecember 11, 2021 10:04 pm

Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald and Republican congressional candidate Nick De Gregorio joined host David Wildstein to on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, December 11. Greenwald, a Camden County Democrat, was first...