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Rice bill would bar bills reliant on unpassed measures

May 16, 2019 7:10 pmMay 17, 2019 9:09 am

State Sen. Ron Rice is sponsoring a bill that would bar the legislature from passing measures with start dates that depend on the passage on separate laws. “We shouldn’t be passing legislation that is contingent upon another piece of legislation,”...

Jerry Green’s brother takes aim at Rice

April 19, 2019 11:53 amApril 19, 2019 1:50 pm

Editor’s Note: This article was updated with comment from State Sen. Ron Rice at 12:53 p.m. Charles Green, the brother of Late Assemblyman Jerry Green, is taking aim at State Sen. Ron Rice after the latter joined Linden Mayor Derek...

Rice got it wrong: Union County elected their first black county chairman in 1977

April 18, 2019 9:35 amApril 18, 2019 11:00 am

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) had his facts wrong yesterday when he told InsiderNJ that Jerry Green was the first black Union County Democratic chairman. That happened 42 years ago. Donald Lan was stepping down as county chairman in 1977...

Booker kicks off ‘Justice for All’ tour in Newark

April 13, 2019 12:35 am

New Jersey’s Cory Booker will kickoff his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination this morning with a rally in his hometown of Newark. Booker’s White House bid comes two decades after he began his political career as a candidate for...

Cardinale seeks to monitor racial bias in weed arrests

April 10, 2019 4:11 pmApril 10, 2019 4:15 pm

State Sen. Gerald Cardinale (R-Demarest) says he will sponsor legislation to monitor disparate treatment of minorities charged with marijuana possession. The Bergen County Republican said that he stands firmly with State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) in his belief that legalization...

Key Essex Dems commit to backing Murphy’s millionaires tax

April 5, 2019 4:31 pmApril 5, 2019 6:36 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy appears to be gaining support for his proposed millionaire’s tax among the Essex County legislative delegation, according to four sources who attended a closed-door meeting for elected officials on Thursday. Two state senators – Richard Codey (D-Roseland)...

Republicans field Assembly candidates in staunch Dem districts

March 28, 2019 1:12 pmMarch 28, 2019 1:16 pm

Incumbents in two of New Jersey’s most staunchly Democratic legislative districts will face Republican opposition in November. Joy Bembry-Freeman and Antonio Pires will challenge Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley) and Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark) in the 28th, and John Anello and Jeannette Veras...