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Rice says he’d back constitutional amendment delaying redistricting

July 6, 2020 3:15 pm

State Sen. Ron Rice (D-Newark) said he would support a constitutional amendment that would delay next year’s legislative redistricting until 2023 if the Census Bureau does not provide New Jersey with census counts by Feb. 15 of next year. “A...

Rice urges inclusive dialogue on Parks development

July 2, 2020 4:44 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) called for diverse communities to be included in conversations about how the state manages its parks. “Nature is for everyone — not just the rich — and it needs to be especially accessible to those...

Axel Owen will manage campaign to pass marijuana legalization referendum

June 19, 2020 12:01 amJune 18, 2020 11:56 pm

The coalition advocating for passage of a referendum to legalize marijuana in New Jersey, has tapped a top state political operative to manage their campaign. Axel Owen, a former Democratic State Committee political director, will lead NJ CAN 2020, an...

Rice ‘encouraged’ by Murphy Supreme Court pick

June 9, 2020 1:55 pmJune 9, 2020 5:11 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark), the longest-serving black legislator in New Jersey history, has applauded Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Fabiana Pierre-Louis to the New Jersey Supreme Court. “After many years of calling for black, Latino and female judges on...

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N.J. Supreme Court: The McGreevey and Corzine Courts

June 7, 2020 10:11 pmJune 7, 2020 11:20 pm

Gov. Christine Todd Whitman resigned in February 2001 to join President George W. Bush’s cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Senate President Donald DiFrancesco succeeded her as governor, but no seats on the New Jersey Supreme Court...

Gopal wants women, people of color, on legislative redistricting panel

May 19, 2020 10:19 amMay 19, 2020 10:20 am

Senate Majority Conference Leader Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) thinks that Democratic State Chairman John Currie should include at least two women when he files his picks for the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. “Women deserve representation at every level of government, and...

Rice says Black legislators were disappointed by administration call

April 29, 2020 7:20 pmApril 30, 2020 9:33 am

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) and Gov. Phil Murphy emerged from a Tuesday evening call between members of the Legislative Black Caucus and the governor’s office in drastically different moods. In brief comments about the call made at Wednesday’s COVID-19...