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Lawmakers running short on time to introduce marijuana measures

February 3, 2021 3:14 pmFebruary 3, 2021 4:50 pm

Negotiations on marijuana legalization are threatening to brush against another procedural deadline as lawmakers in the upper chamber continue talks on a cleanup bill creating penalties for underage users. No breakthrough has come since the Assembly advanced a new cleanup...

Cunningham endorses Fulop for re-election in Jersey City

January 25, 2021 4:21 pm

Senate Majority Whip Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City) has endorsed Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop for re-election on Monday, “Mayor Fulop has demonstrated true leadership and continues to move Jersey City forward. Under his administration, Jersey City was the first city...

Trailblazer: Mayor Glenn Cunningham

January 18, 2021 12:04 amJanuary 17, 2021 2:01 pm

Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004) was the first and only Black to win election for mayor of Jersey City. After serving in the Marines, Cunningham began a 25-year career as a Jersey City police officer. He retired as a captain. Cunningham began...

Senate advances decriminalization bill, but mushrooms stall movement in Assembly

November 16, 2020 8:32 pm

The New Jersey State Senate approved a bill decriminalizing the use of marijuana on Monday, but amendments removing criminal penalties for possession of hallucinogenic mushrooms added in a committee meeting last week stalled its movement in the Assembly. “For the...

No one taking responsibility for mandatory minimums amendment

September 22, 2020 2:17 pm

No one is taking responsibility for a quietly made amendment adding official misconduct to a list of offenses that will have their mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines excised under a bill working its way through the legislature. The bill, originally penned...

Rice claims Democratic leaders intentionally stalling marijuana decriminalization

September 1, 2020 5:09 pm

State Sen. Ronald Rice (D-Newark) accused Democratic legislative leaders of intentionally stalling a marijuana decriminalization bill Tuesday, claiming outside interests were behind the delays. “I appeal to everyone in our state to consider why has it taken two years and...

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City). Photo by Kevin Sanders for the New Jersey Globe.

Cunningham: Pierre-Louis will bring perspective to Supreme Court

June 5, 2020 4:09 pmJune 5, 2020 4:12 pm

State Sen. Sandra Cunningham (D-Jersey City) has high hopes for Gov. Phil Murphy’s new Supreme Court nominee. “I’ve not met her, but I’ve heard amazing things about her in general,” Cunningham told the New Jersey Globe. “I think it’s wonderful...