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Gottheimer pushes Biden to boost baby formula production

May 18, 2022 3:38 pmMay 18, 2022 7:16 pm

Update: President Biden moved to ensure the supply of infant formula on Wednesday by delegating authority under the Defense Production Act. President Joe Biden should invoke the Defense Production Act to boost baby formula production, says Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff....

N.J. police officers would have to hold state licenses under proposed program

May 18, 2022 3:13 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and acting Attorney General Matt Platkin jointly announced this morning that they will work with the state legislature to create a statewide police licensing program, under which all law enforcement officers would have to hold Police Training...

Senate set to approve nearly all of Murphy’s diverse March slate of Superior Court nominees

May 17, 2022 4:35 pm

In March, Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a set of 14 nominees to the Superior Court, with the intention of both diversifying the judiciary and addressing the state’s backlog of cases and judicial vacancies. Now, with a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting...

Top Murphy aide headed to NJEA

May 17, 2022 3:01 pm

Deborah Cornavaca will depart her post as deputy chief of staff to Gov. Phil Murphy later this month to become the new director of government relations for the New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest public employee union. “For the...

Jones, Lawrence join Murphy press shop

May 16, 2022 4:51 pmMay 17, 2022 12:06 am

Two new staffers have joined Gov. Phil Murphy’s communications team as deputy press secretaries. Tyler Jones came aboard in April after working as the communications officer for the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. She received her master’s degree from the...

NJEA, NEA endorse Menendez for Congress

May 16, 2022 4:42 pmMay 16, 2022 8:02 pm

The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) and its national counterpart, the National Education Association (NEA), today threw their weight behind Port Authority Commissioner Rob Menendez, who is running in the state’s 8th congressional district. “We need a champion of public...

Cryan ‘disappointed’ by Murphy’s conditional veto of bribery bill

May 16, 2022 1:05 pmMay 17, 2022 12:04 am

State Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union), the Senate sponsor of a bill applying bribery laws to candidates for political office (rather than just elected officeholders), said today that he was frustrated by Gov. Phil Murphy’s conditional veto of the bill last...