Verlina Reynolds Jackson Archives

High-profile billboard ramps up pressure for undocumented residents to get pandemic relief

December 7, 2020 3:55 pmDecember 7, 2020 8:14 pm

A billboard that went up on the New Jersey Turnpike today could have an intended audience of one as advocates for legislation that would provide pandemic relief assistance to undocumented New Jersey workers. A grassroots immigrant rights organization, Make the...

Murphy signs law requiring police to wear body cameras

November 24, 2020 1:17 pm

All law enforcement patrol officers will be required to wear a body camera after Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation on Tuesday, a move intended to enhance police transparency and increase trust between police officers and their communities. “We’ve made it...

Assembly to hear bill limiting police presence at polling places

October 16, 2020 10:59 am

The Assembly State and Local Government will hear a bill that would keep police officers away from polling places outside of emergencies and their own voting needs on Monday. The measure would block police departments from posting officers at polling...

With Mercer on board, Coughlin now has re-election commitments from 50 of 52 Democratic legislators

October 3, 2020 12:21 pm

Nearly every Democrat in the New Jersey State Assembly in now on record as endorsing Craig Coughlin for another term as Speaker, a vote that will occur after the 2021 general election and keep him in office until at least...

Reynolds-Jackson won’t run for Trenton mayor

September 21, 2020 3:17 pm

Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) isn’t eying Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora’s seat, but she also stopped short of endorsing her former runningmate for another term Monday. “Me? Oh, No, no, no,” she said when asked if she would seek to oust...

Reynolds-Jackson bill would keep police away from polling places

September 14, 2020 4:38 pmSeptember 14, 2020 4:58 pm

Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Trenton) on Monday introduced a new bill would block a repeat of 1981’s infamous Ballot Security Task Force. The measure would bar district election board from requesting law enforcement be stationed at polling places, prevent such officers...

Murphy signs bill renaming freeholders

August 21, 2020 4:20 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill retiring the title of county freeholder Friday. They’ll be known as county commissioners starting Jan. 1, 2021. “We have an obligation to ensure that governance in New Jersey is inclusive and representative...