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Rice calls for securing of Atlantic City ballots

March 24, 2020 12:49 pmMarch 24, 2020 3:52 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) called for state authorities to order Atlantic County election officials to seal and secure all early mail-in ballots received in response to a now-postponed change-of-government referendum and investigate the involvement of the resort town’s casino’s...

Robert Kennedy Jr. headlines Holley fundraiser

January 28, 2020 4:38 pm

Prominent anti-vaccination activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a fundraiser for Assemblyman Jamel Holley at da Benito in Union Township Tuesday morning. Holley said the event, which comes weeks after Holley lobbied against a bill eliminating a religious exemption for...

Controversial vaccinations bill, stalled in State Senate, will be back after better head count

January 17, 2020 3:46 pmJanuary 18, 2020 11:39 am

Lawmakers expected a bill eliminating the religious exemption for vaccinations to cause a stir, but its lead Senate sponsor didn’t foresee it prompting hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protesters to assail the state house for days on end. That bill failed...

Greenstein, Addiego indicate support for decriminalization

December 2, 2019 2:11 pmDecember 2, 2019 4:36 pm

Sens. Linda Greenstein and Dawn Addiego joined five other senators who opposed marijuana legalization are now backing, or will likely back, decriminalization. Greenstein told the New Jersey Globe she supports decriminalization for simple possession. Addiego said she is leaning voting...

LBC to introduce legislation creating reparations task force

November 13, 2019 12:24 pm

The Legislative Black Caucus will introduce legislation creating the New Jersey Reparations Task Force Thursday. The bill will be introduced by State Sens. Ron Rice and Sandra Cunning and Assemblywomen Shavonda Sumter and Britnee Timberlake, along with other members of...

Rice backs Blackman for Dover mayor

October 30, 2019 2:29 pmOctober 30, 2019 5:37 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice endorsed Carolyn Blackman for Dover Mayor Wednesday. “As the citizens of Dover prepare to choose their next mayor, I urge them to take a good hard look at the choice before them,” Rice said. “With a...

Holley says Murphy ignored lead crisis

October 10, 2019 2:32 pm

Assemblyman Jamel Holley said Gov. Phil Murphy’s been asleep at the wheel on the state’s waterborne lead crisis. The Assembly Democrat took aim at Murphy’s handling of Newark’s water crisis, saying the governor slow-played action on the issue despite promising...