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Florio Tribute: Mila Jasey

September 26, 2022 3:29 pm

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange) made the following statement on the death of former Governor Jim Florio: “I’m saddened to hear of Governor Jim Florio’s passing. New Jersey has lost a consummate public servant whose work on issues ranging from...

Casino workers call for Harris to support anti-smoking legislation

July 18, 2022 11:41 amJuly 18, 2022 11:55 pm

With Vice President Kamala Harris visiting Atlantic City today for a roundtable on reproductive health care, the Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects (CEASE) is urging Harris to support legislation protecting casino workers from second-hand smoke effects. “No worker should have...

In wake of Dobbs ruling, legislature passes two laws protecting N.J. abortions

June 29, 2022 8:40 pmJune 29, 2022 8:50 pm

With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to allow states around the country to ban or severely restrict abortion, the New Jersey Legislature passed two bills today that safeguard the state’s abortion providers and out-of-state patients from other states’ laws. The...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Jasey says she’s ‘definitely’ running again in reshaped district

May 19, 2022 5:21 pm

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange), whose hometown was put into a very different district by the Legislative Apportionment Commission earlier this year, said today that she “definitely” intends on running for re-election in 2023. Jasey’s current 27th district is a...

Tucker calls Essex County legislative redistricting a ‘terrible mistake’

May 12, 2022 2:26 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), whose district was one of several Essex County districts that was significantly redrawn during this year’s legislative reapportionment process, expressed her strong disapproval of the new map today. “I think they made a terrible mistake,” Tucker...

Murphy unveils legislative plan to further expand abortion access in N.J.

May 11, 2022 4:17 pm

Before a crowd of supporters and activists in Trenton, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that he will push for a raft of new legislation strengthening abortion access in New Jersey through an insurance mandate, a reproductive health access fund, and...