Vin Gopal Archives

Badger will play statewide role on Murphy re-election bid

July 18, 2021 3:54 pm

A top strategist to Senate Majority Conference Leader Vin Gopal has been picked to lead Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach for Gov. Phil Murphy’s re-election campaign. Kinn Badger will be tasked with helping Murphy and Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver...

District 11 Republicans back Oroho’s bill creating school funding task force

July 7, 2021 9:42 amJuly 7, 2021 2:34 pm

Republican legislative candidates in the 11th district came out in support of State Sen. Steve Oroho’s bill creating a task force to examine the state’s school funding formula, though they appear to have missed that their general election opponents were...

Senate clears bill creating ELEC office to investigate sexual misconduct in campaigns, parties

June 30, 2021 4:45 pm

The State Senate approved a bill requiring political parties and campaigns to implement anti-harassment policies for employees in a unanimous 37-0 vote Wednesday. The measure, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-Teaneck) and State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch)...

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...

Sponsors still aiming to move bill barring use of school resources for politics

June 15, 2021 12:50 pmJune 15, 2021 1:24 pm

This story was updated at 1:24 p.m. Lawmakers in the Senate are working to advance a bill that would bar school officials from using their position or resources available to them because of the same to engage in politics. “The...

Democrats name their six Congressional Redistricting Commission members

June 15, 2021 10:00 amJune 15, 2021 5:26 pm

There will be a majority of women on a bi-partisan panel drawing twelve New Jersey House districts for the 2022 mid-term elections, with Democrats naming four women to six seats on the New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission. The new appointees...

May 29, 2021: State Sen. Vin Gopal and New Jersey Globe Editor David Wildstein

May 29, 2021 5:24 pm

Senate Majority Conference Leader Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC on Saturday, May 29. Gopal talked about state issues and politics, and the show included a...