Nicholas Scutari Archives - New Jersey Globe

Wallace probably won’t be reappointed as legislative ethics panel chairman

January 21, 2022 11:06 amJanuary 21, 2022 4:18 pm

Former Supreme Court Justice John E. Wallace, Jr. is unlikely to return to his post as chairman of the Joint Legislative Committee on Ethical Standards, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Wallace had served as chair of both the New...

Murphy extols New Jersey Dream as second term begins

January 18, 2022 12:51 pmJanuary 18, 2022 6:01 pm

Before a vaccinated-and-tested crowd at the Trenton War Memorial, Gov. Phil Murphy was sworn in today for a second term as the governor of New Jersey, becoming the first Democrat to do so since former Gov. Brendan Byrne in 1977....

Johnson, Zwicker get Budget & Appropriations Committee seats

January 12, 2022 4:04 pmJanuary 12, 2022 4:55 pm

Two freshman state senators, Gordon Johnson (D-Englewood) and Andrew Zwicker (D-South Brunswick), have secured seats on the influential Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Paul Sarlo (D-Wood-Ridge) continues as the longest-serving Budget and Appropriations chairman in state history; he’s held that...

Senate Judiciary Committee gets four new members

January 12, 2022 3:27 pmJanuary 12, 2022 3:29 pm

Democrats Joseph Lagana (D-Paramus) and Fred Madden (D-Washington) and Republicans Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) and Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton) have scored seats on the powerful New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee. Republicans Michael Testa, Jr. (R-Vineland) was not renamed to the Judiciary...

Scutari invites Codey back into Senate leadership

January 12, 2022 2:50 pmJanuary 12, 2022 2:54 pm

Former Gov. Richard J. Codey (D-Roseland) has returned to the Senate leadership team twelve years after Steve Sweeney ousted him as Senate President after the 2009 election. Senate President Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) announced on Tuesday that Codey would serve as...

Watch Senate President Nicholas Scutari Address the Senate

January 11, 2022 5:44 pm

Legislature swears in 21 new members as 220th session begins

January 11, 2022 4:09 pmJanuary 17, 2022 11:08 pm

The New Jersey State Legislature swore in 21 new members today to mark the beginning of the 220th legislative session, following last year’s election that saw Republicans make significant gains across the state. Among the new members are three Asian...