A federal judge has temporarily blocked New Jersey from enforcing certain provisions of a sweeping concealed-carry law, less than a month after the law was signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in the first place. United States District Court Judge Renée...
Attorney General Matt Platkin, in conjunction with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs (DCA), today announced a series of actions that he said would further safeguard abortion access in New Jersey, where abortion remains fully legal even after the...
The number of acting members of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet was slashed this year, with the State Senate approving four cabinet nominees for full terms. Two other nominees, however, remain unconfirmed, and they’ll likely soon be joined by a third....
At a press conference in Ewing today, Gov. Phil Murphy released a set of proposals aimed at reducing auto thefts, which have grown into a major concern for many New Jerseyans over the last year. “Today’s steps, which include increasing...
Two of the state’s top lawyers are switching jobs. Kate McDonnell, the senior deputy chief counsel to Gov. Phil Murphy for nearly five years, will become the counsel to Attorney General Matt Platkin. Platkin’s current counsel, Matthew Berns, is joining...
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...
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...