The legislature began working through Gov. Phil Murphy’s myriad gun control proposals today, with the Senate Judiciary Committee approving a bill that would give the attorney general the ability to pursue civil action against firearm manufacturers and retailers “who knowingly...
It’s now legal for people to consume alcoholic beverages while riding in a pedicab under a new law signed today by New Jersey Acting Gov. Nicholas Scutari. Scutari was in Asbury Park today to sign the bill sponsored by State...
Senate President Nicholas Scutari will serve as acting governor of New Jersey on June 4 while Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver are out of state. He’ll take the oath of office around 8 AM on Saturday and...
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...
Both houses of the New Jersey legislature were in session today, so if you were in the Trenton area and felt a chill in the air, that’s why. Dozens of bills were passed, several Republican attempts to bring up their...
At a press conference scheduled in response to yesterday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead, Gov. Phil Murphy today called on the New Jersey legislature to put every proposed gun bill – including both...
Assemblyman Herb Conaway (D-Delran), the chair of the Assembly Health Committee, said yesterday that he was supportive of expanding access to abortion in New Jersey, though he wouldn’t yet take a stance on the specific proposals released by Gov. Phil...