Steven Oroho Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate Republicans want special legislative committee to investigate health plan rate hike

August 9, 2022 1:26 pmAugust 10, 2022 7:48 pm

In response to reports of a significant rate hike for New Jersey’s State Health Benefits Program (SHBP), Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) and State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) have introduced a bill creating a subpoena-powered special legislative committee...

County, local governments sound alarm over possible health benefits program rate hike

July 21, 2022 12:36 pmJuly 21, 2022 4:01 pm

With the New Jersey State Health Benefits Commission (SHBC) floating a plan to hike rates on the State Health Benefits Program by as much as 24% for 2023, representatives from New Jersey’s county and local governments are warning of the...

Nine election bills advance out of Senate committee

June 23, 2022 6:06 pmJune 23, 2022 10:06 pm

Nine election bills advanced through the Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee today which would enact a variety of changes concerning mail-in balloting, poll workers, overseas voters, ballot privacy, early voting locations, campaign finance, and police at...

Is New Jersey about to face a reckoning over abortion access?

May 20, 2022 4:44 pmMay 24, 2022 5:53 pm

When Gov. Phil Murphy debuted his proposals for expanding abortion access in New Jersey last week, it was something of a triumphant moment for the governor and his allies. With the U.S. Supreme Court potentially prepared to overturn Roe v....

Murphy unveils legislative plan to further expand abortion access in N.J.

May 11, 2022 4:17 pm

Before a crowd of supporters and activists in Trenton, Gov. Phil Murphy announced today that he will push for a raft of new legislation strengthening abortion access in New Jersey through an insurance mandate, a reproductive health access fund, and...

After yearslong wait, Senate committee advances bill addressing sexual extortion

March 21, 2022 4:11 pmMarch 21, 2022 5:01 pm

More than five years after it was originally proposed by then-Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco (R-Boonton), a bill establishing the crime of “sexual extortion” passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today on a unanimous vote. Sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho...

Senate Republicans debut ‘Give It Back’ initiative aimed at Murphy

February 3, 2022 3:15 pm

The Senate Republican caucus launched a new “Give It Back” initiative today, a wide-ranging set of demands aimed at Gov. Phil Murphy insisting that he end his public health emergency declaration, give coequal power back to the state legislature, cancel...