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Tag: Nicholas Scutari

Bolstering Scutari, judge deals another blow to Armstead

February 20, 2021   6:18 pmFebruary 21, 2021   11:31 am
State Sen. Nicholas Scutari scored another win in a defamation lawsuit against Linden Mayor Derek Armstead after a Superior Court Judge  rejected Armstead’s legal maneuvers for the second time in five weeks. Armstead had sought reconsideration of a January ruling...
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Senate Panel advances cleanup bill, setting up full votes on Monday

February 19, 2021   3:46 pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the latest marijuana cleanup bill Tuesday in a six to two vote with one abstention. State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark), a legalization who chairs the Legislative Black Caucus, voted no over a provision removing qualified...
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Sweeney thinks he has 21 Democratic votes for marijuana cleanup

February 19, 2021   1:19 pmFebruary 20, 2021   9:52 am
Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) believes he has the votes to clear a newly-amended marijuana cleanup bill through the full Senate on Monday, he told the New Jersey Globe. “I think I might have 21 Democrats, to be honest...
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Marijuana talks resume as Assembly discusses delaying Friday proceedings

February 18, 2021   2:28 pmFebruary 18, 2021   8:22 pm
Update: After this story was published, the Assembly cancelled its Friday voting session and five committee meetings slated for the same day. Lawmakers in the Senate reversed course Thursday after abandoning an effort to pass a marijuana cleanup bill they...
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Marijuana negotiations appear dead after Senate cancels hearing

February 17, 2021   4:54 pmFebruary 17, 2021   6:40 pm
Hopes for a deal on a marijuana legalization cleanup bill appear dead after Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) cancelled a committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday. The cancellation means lawmakers won’t be able to move a cleanup bill to full...
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Murphy suggests he’ll keep state Supreme Court balanced if re-elected

February 17, 2021   3:09 pm
Gov. Phil Murphy suggested he would abide by a long-standing tradition of partisan balance on the state’s high court if he won a second term as governor. “I don’t have any comment about the future,” he said at Wednesday’s virus...
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Pou, Scutari split on high court’s partisan balance

February 16, 2021   5:39 pmFebruary 16, 2021   5:40 pm
The chair and vice chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee are split on whether the state should continue to abide by its tradition of partisan balance on New Jersey’s Supreme Court. Since New Jersey adopted its 1947 State Constitution, governors...
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