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Casino smoking bill has second hearing, but still no scheduled vote

March 9, 2023 3:43 pm

Two Assembly committees jointly held a discussion-only hearing on a bill to ban smoking in casinos today; although the bill lists a majority of legislators as cosponsors, it still has not come up for a vote in either chamber. The...

Caputo will leave State Assembly to take Horizon board seat

February 21, 2023 5:41 pmFebruary 21, 2023 5:54 pm

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), who has served in the legislature during the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson and Joseph Biden, will not seek re-election this year and instead is expected to resign his seat to join the board of directors...

Timberlake files for long-anticipated State Senate bid

February 21, 2023 12:01 pm

Assemblywoman Britnee Timberlake (D-East Orange) has filed paperwork with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for a State Senate campaign in the 34th district, a long-expected development in a tumultuous year for Essex County politics. Assuming she wins the...

With 2023 legislative elections fast approaching, who isn’t running for re-election?

January 5, 2023 1:08 pmJanuary 5, 2023 11:23 pm

On Tuesday, State Sen. Christopher Connors (R-Lacey) announced that he won’t seek re-election to the State Senate this year, bringing a three-decade career in the legislature to an end. He joins a small but growing cohort of state legislators who...

Sarah Cruz open to potential Assembly bid

September 12, 2022 10:45 am

Bloomfield, population 53,105, is currently one of the largest towns in New Jersey to have zero hometown representatives in Trenton. But thanks to New Jersey’s new legislative district map, that’s looking likely to change next year, and Bloomfield Third Ward...

Tucker calls Essex County legislative redistricting a ‘terrible mistake’

May 12, 2022 2:26 pm

Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), whose district was one of several Essex County districts that was significantly redrawn during this year’s legislative reapportionment process, expressed her strong disapproval of the new map today. “I think they made a terrible mistake,” Tucker...

Caputo plans to run again in 2023

March 24, 2022 4:26 pmMarch 24, 2022 4:46 pm

Assemblyman Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley), whose Essex County district was significantly reshaped in this year’s redistricting process, said today that he “absolutely” intends on running for re-election to the Assembly in 2023. A native of Nutley, Caputo was moved from the...