Steve Oroho Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy holds the line on borrowing despite rosy revenues

April 7, 2021 4:11 pmApril 7, 2021 9:47 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say whether he, like Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford), regretted bonding $4 billion to plug a hole in the state’s revenues that never fully materialized Wednesday. The governor argued the state needed the money...

Seven candidates file to run for governor in June primary election

April 5, 2021 10:39 pmApril 6, 2021 11:41 am

Click HERE for the latest update: The dust has mostly settled on New Jersey’s filing deadline, with four Republicans and three Democrats competing to run for governor. Former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli, who became the front runner in January after former...

Ten Republican legislators back DeCroce amid party division

April 1, 2021 5:32 pm

Republican legislators are picking sides in the 26th legislative district’s primary. Three GOP Senators and seven Assembly members endorsed Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany-Troy Hills) in a three-candidate race where each of the district’s three county Republican organizations have backed a...

Republicans prepare for COVID hearings after months spent waiting

March 4, 2021 1:27 pmMarch 4, 2021 1:49 pm

New Jersey Republicans will fire the opening salvo of a concerted campaign against Gov. Phil Murphy’s handling of the pandemic when they meet for an independent virtual hearing Friday morning. For months, Republicans have sought a public — read: official...

February 27: Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo, and Senate Republican Budget Officer Steve Oroho

February 28, 2021 12:17 pmMarch 27, 2021 7:12 pm

Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo and Senate Republican Budget Officer Steve Oroho joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, February 6...

Greenwald, Sarlo, Oroho join Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on 77 WABC

February 27, 2021 2:00 pmFebruary 27, 2021 3:59 pm

Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo and Senate Republican Budget Officer Steve Oroho will join host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, February...

Some Republicans could support marijuana cleanup, but increased liability for police an obstacle

February 18, 2021 5:08 pm

Democratic leadership in the Senate has made overtures to the chamber’s Republican members on a marijuana cleanup bill that would establish penalties for underage use, and at least some GOP lawmakers are may be willing to support the proposal, the...