Patricia Egan Jones Archives - New Jersey Globe

Assembly budget committee gets three new members

January 17, 2020 12:36 pmJanuary 17, 2020 1:00 pm

The powerful Assembly Budget Committee has three new members. William Spearman (D-Camden) will take the seat of his former running mate, Patricia Egan Jones (D-Barrington). Jones did not seek re-election last year. Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley) replaces John McKeon (D-West Orange). ...

Moen gets his Assembly committee assignments

January 17, 2020 12:21 pm

Freshman Assemblyman Bill Moen (D-Camden) has been assigned to three committees: Commerce and Economic Development, Transportation and Independent Authorities, and State and Local Government. Assembly committee assignments are made by Speaker Craig Coughlin. Moen won the open 5th district Assembly...

New Jersey will have record number of women legislators on Monday, but only for 50 days

November 22, 2019 10:51 amNovember 22, 2019 3:58 pm

With the election of Aura Dunn to the State Assembly, Morris County now has two women legislators for the first time since 1973, when Josephine Margetts (R-New Vernon) and Ann Klein (D-Morris Township) served in the legislature. BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany)...

Legislative races will mean three local government vacancies

November 15, 2019 8:22 pm

Races for the New Jersey Legislature will trigger municipal government vacancies in Lower Township, Ocean City and Denville. Assemblyman-elect Erik Simonsen (R-Lower) will need to resign his post as mayor of Lower Township in order to join the legislature in...

Lawmakers introduce VBM reform bill

August 23, 2019 5:06 pmAugust 25, 2019 12:05 am

State lawmakers introduced vote-by-mail reform bill meant to circumvent a Murphy administration ruling that blocked voters who requested mail-in ballots in 2017 and 2018 from receiving such ballots in perpetuity. “The clerk of each county shall add to the list...

Jones on FY2020 Budget Passage Out of Assembly Committee

June 17, 2019 3:58 pm

(TRENTON) – Assemblywoman Patricia Egan Jones, a member of the Assembly Budget Committee, issued a statement following the approval of the Legislative Democrats’ proposed fiscal spending plan: “Fully funding the Senior Freeze program for the first time in a decade...

Judge tosses Assembly candidate in 5th district

April 8, 2019 9:27 pm

An administrative law judge today knocked Woodbury councilman Theodore Johnson, Jr. off the ballot for State Assembly in the 5th district, leaving incumbent William Spearman (D-Camden) and William Moen unopposed in the June 4 Democratic primary. Running on the “Democrats...