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Murphy names Booker aide to marijuana panel after NAACP outcry

March 24, 2021 11:34 am

Gov. Phil Murphy will appoint Charles Barker, an aide to U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-Newark), to the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Commission after an outcry from the state NAACP over the absence of a Black man from the five-member panel. “I...

Murphy fills out Cannabis Regulatory Commission

February 25, 2021 1:54 pmFebruary 25, 2021 4:27 pm

The full membership of the state body that will create rules for New Jersey’s legal marijuana market came into clear view after Gov. Phil Murphy announced two new appointments Thursday. The governor will name New Jersey Department of Health Director...