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Does Monmouth GOP risk DiMaso joining lawsuit to end organization lines?

February 8, 2021 12:41 amFebruary 9, 2021 8:48 am

As county chairs from both parties grow increasingly concerned over a federal lawsuit that seeks to end the practice of preferential ballot position for organization lines, a move to dump an incumbent lawmaker in Monmouth County could provide progressive plaintiffs...

Trailblazer: Senator Ronald Rice

January 18, 2021 12:25 amFebruary 8, 2021 12:45 am

Ronald L. Rice (D-Newark) is the longest-serving Black legislator in New Jersey history and has mad his mark as an advocate for social justice and civil rights. Rice was elected to the State Senate in a 1986 special election following...

Trailblazer: U.S. Senator Cory Booker

January 18, 2021 12:06 amJanuary 16, 2021 11:02 pm

Cory Booker, is the first Black to win statewide office in New Jersey. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2013, winning a special election to replace the late Frank R. Lautenberg. Booker sought the 2020 Democratic nomination...

Ruiz, Scutari pull names from marijuana cleanup bill, back up objections from Legislative Black Caucus

January 8, 2021 2:38 pmJanuary 8, 2021 5:49 pm

State Sen. Teresa Ruiz and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari have removed their names from a bill to clean up the state’s yet-unsigned legal marijuana enabling legislation after objections from the black and Latino legislators, a move that will...

Rice: Scutari owes apology to state’s residents

December 21, 2020 11:03 am

State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark) did not return a conciliatory response to Senate Judiciary Chairman Nicholas Scutari’s (D-Linden) apology after a Senate debate on marijuana legalization turned to personal attacks last week. “Senator Scutari need not apologize to me. Instead,...

Scutari apologizes to Rice, says he’ll speak to Senate colleague privately

December 19, 2020 6:23 pmDecember 19, 2020 7:16 pm

Two days after to longtime Democratic senators went at it in a debate over the legalization of marijuana, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) today extended an olive branch to State Sen. Ronald Rice (R-Newark). “The Senate chamber is...

Murphy makes his pitch for ‘baby bonds’

September 9, 2020 2:29 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sought to boost a deceptively controversial budget proposal already seeing pushback from some Democratic leaders Wednesday. The governor’s baby bond proposal would mandate a $1,000 state-funded deposit into an interest-bearing account for children born to New Jersey...