Teresa Ruiz Archives - New Jersey Globe

Ruiz: Decrim bill could come by end of March

February 13, 2020 5:12 pmFebruary 13, 2020 5:38 pm

State Sen. Teresa Ruiz said she’s hoping to finalize a marijuana decriminalization bill by the end of March. Lawmakers are modelling the measure on the decriminalization bills Ruiz, State Sen. Sandra Cunningham and Assemblywoman Annette Quijano introduced last year. The...

O’Toole re-elected Port Authority chairman

February 13, 2020 1:15 pm

Kevin O’Toole was re-elected to another term as chairman the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, leaving the former Republican senator at the helm of the powerful bi-state agency two years into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s term. Murphy...

Rutgers to get its first black president

January 20, 2020 2:45 am

Rutgers University will soon appoint its first black president. The college’s Board of Governors is set to appoint Jonathan Holloway, the provost of Northeastern University, to fill outgoing President Bob Barchi’s post Tuesday. Barchi announced he intended to step down...

Murphy says toxic work environments must end, but doesn’t address ’17 campaign

January 14, 2020 11:25 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy tackled Trenton’s toxic culture of sexual harassment and misogyny during his state of the state address on Tuesday, but he didn’t address the issues his own campaign faced on that front. “We all must be disgusted by...

Sweeney, Coughlin hold leadership posts

January 14, 2020 2:00 pm

Democratic leaders in both chambers of the legislature won new terms during their reorganizations Thursday. Steve Sweeney was sworn into his sixth term as Senate president, making him the longest-serving senate president in the state’s history. “It is an honor...

Sweeney re-elected Senate President; Weinberg and Ruiz returned to leadership posts

November 7, 2019 1:21 pm

Steve Sweeney has been re-elected to an unprecedented sixth term as Senate President, After the Senate reorganizes in January, Steve Sweeney will set the record for the longest-serving Senate President in New Jersey history. Sweeney was re-elected to an unprecedented...

Murphy announces Pre-K expansion

September 3, 2019 1:11 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy today announced what his administration called the largest expansion of Pre-K funding in decades, saying that 28 additional school districts will receive funding this year. Murphy promised more funds for Pre-K programs during his 2017 gubernatorial campaign....