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Nine gun bills cleared by Assembly committee, with more votes coming tomorrow

June 22, 2022 4:53 pmJune 22, 2022 4:58 pm

Nine gun bills, four of which are part of Gov. Phil Murphy’s original gun control package and five of which are new as of this week, cleared the Assembly Judiciary Committee today, marking the first major step towards getting new...

Assembly Judiciary Committee advances Coughlin election reform package

June 9, 2022 5:14 pmJune 9, 2022 5:18 pm

The Assembly Judiciary Committee today advanced a package of election reform bills spearheaded by Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge); the seven bills in the package previously cleared the Assembly State and Local Government Committee last month. One of the more contentious...

Schepisi, Auth, DeFuccio win in the 39th district

November 2, 2021 10:57 pmDecember 21, 2021 10:24 am

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale), Assemblyman Robert Auth (R-Old Tappan), and Assemblywoman DeAnne DeFuccio (R-Upper Saddle River) have won re-election to the 39th legislative district. Schepisi defeated Democrat Ruth Dugan, and Auth...

Closter mayor files as Assembly candidate in 39th district

January 30, 2021 7:41 amJanuary 29, 2021 9:49 pm

Closter Mayor John Glidden has filed a letter of intent to seem the Republican nomination for State Assembly in the 39th legislative district, where Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) is expected to give up her seat to run for State...

Schepisi mulling GOP primary challenge against Cardinale

January 26, 2021 12:09 pmJanuary 27, 2021 9:04 am

Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) is seeking support to challenge 86-year-old State Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Demarest) for the Bergen County Organization line at the party’s convention in March. Over the past few weeks, I have had multiple conversations with friends,...

Cardinale will seek 13th term in N.J. Senate

February 18, 2020 12:01 amFebruary 17, 2020 10:10 pm

State Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Demarest) intends to seek re-election to a 13th term in the New Jersey Senate next year. Cardinale told the New Jersey Globe that while his plans to run again have never been a secret, he will...

Drunk driver who killed Russ Maffei wants to take back guilty plea

August 2, 2019 1:34 pmAugust 2, 2019 1:46 pm

A former Hudson County corrections officer was taken into custody today and will remain at the Essex County jail until an October 25 hearing to decide if he can withdraw his guilty plea after admitting to killing two well-known Hudson...