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Persichilli, Murphy both hesitant to declare pandemic over

September 28, 2022 4:25 pm

President Joe Biden said last week that “the pandemic is over,” but two of New Jersey’s top leaders on Covid – Gov. Phil Murphy and Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli – are both reluctant to agree with such a sweeping statement....

Asked about capitol security last week, Murphy stonewalls

December 8, 2021 2:46 pmDecember 9, 2021 9:19 am

Gov. Phil Murphy dodged questions from four different reporters today about last week’s chaos in the statehouse, claiming that he and acting Superintendent of the State Police Patrick Callahan could not comment on security matters. Callahan’s state police were tasked...

Republicans who flout Covid mandates may be barred from capitol

November 29, 2021 3:22 pmDecember 2, 2021 5:18 pm

In response to Republican lawmakers’ apparent plan to not comply with the New Jersey State House’s vaccine and testing mandate, Acting Superintendent of the State Police Pat Callahan said today that State Police officers may indeed end up barring uncooperative...

No single timeline for second term cabinet appointments, Murphy says

November 22, 2021 3:37 pmNovember 22, 2021 3:49 pm

With 57 days until his second inauguration, Gov. Phil Murphy is facing a number of decisions about how to retain or reshape his cabinet and administration – but he said today that he doesn’t anticipate making one major announcement about...

Murphy defends right to protest, but says trespassing is ‘not ok’

October 20, 2021 6:09 pmOctober 21, 2021 1:40 pm

Following the arrest of twelve protestors at the home of a top elected official on Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy said that there needs to be a balance between the first amendment right to protest and law enforcement. But Murphy stopped...

Further Ida disaster declarations growing unlikely, Murphy and Callahan say

September 22, 2021 3:38 pm

Warren County was added on Saturday to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s list of counties covered under an Ida-related emergency management declaration – but according to Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey State Police Acting Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan, it’s...

Major disaster declarations in more counties may be coming, Murphy says

September 8, 2021 3:58 pm

With six counties already included in a major disaster declaration due to Hurricane Ida but many others still left out, Gov. Phil Murphy insisted at a press briefing today that he would fight for the inclusion of counties still in...