Verlina Reynolds Jackson Archives

Police licensing program cleared by Assembly committee

June 2, 2022 7:30 pmJune 2, 2022 8:29 pm

The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee has advanced a bill that would create a statewide police licensing program, an idea proposed by Gov. Phil Murphy and acting Attorney General Matt Platkin two weeks ago. If the program is enacted,...

A look at every major proposed gun bill in the N.J. legislature

May 31, 2022 4:34 pmMay 31, 2022 6:16 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy made an unusual demand last week: that every prominent gun-related bill proposed in the New Jersey legislature – Republican or Democratic, increasing gun restrictions or loosening them – be put to a full vote. With two major...

Fudge visits Trenton to celebrate opening of new affordable housing development

May 23, 2022 3:50 pmMay 23, 2022 4:52 pm

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge joined Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora, and a number of other Mercer County politicians today to cut the ribbon on Jennings Village, an affordable housing development in North...

Policing and racial bias bills pass Assembly, with some Republican opposition

February 28, 2022 6:28 pmFebruary 28, 2022 7:21 pm

Three bills addressing police accountability and racial bias training passed the Assembly today, marking the final day of Black History Month and the first controversial pieces of policy-focused legislation of this session. If eventually signed into law, the three bills...

Turner, Reynolds-Jackson, Verrelli win in the 15th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 2:47 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Lawrence), Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton), and Assemblyman Anthony Verrelli (D-Hopewell) have won re-election to the 15th legislative district. Turner defeated nurse Susan Gaul for the Senate; Reynolds-Jackson and Verrelli...

Amended measure allowing officers to view body camera footage when drafting reports clears both chambers

June 24, 2021 7:16 pmJune 24, 2021 8:24 pm

Both chambers of the legislature approved a bill allowing police officers to review body camera footage before drafting reports by wide bipartisan margins over the objections of civil rights groups who feared it would enable bad actors Thursday. The assembly...

Bill barring ICE contracts in state, county prisons up in Assembly Committee Wednesday

May 27, 2021 2:45 pm

The Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee will weigh a bill barring New Jersey’s correctional facilities from adopting contracts to hold detainees for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Wednesday. Such contracts have drawn scrutiny from immigration advocates for years, but a...