Yvonne Lopez Archives - New Jersey Globe

A law to govern all laws?

March 24, 2023 2:26 pmMarch 25, 2023 7:10 pm

Every year in the New Jersey Statehouse, thousands of bills are introduced; hundreds pass the legislature; and most of those become law. Then what? Well, in theory, each law signed by the governor takes effect, and whatever changes it makes...

Murphy signs temp workers bill into law after long legislative process

February 6, 2023 1:27 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights into law today, at last codifying protections and rights for temporary workers that took a lengthy and circuitous path through the legislative process “Our temporary workers, regardless of their race...

Lopez declines to comment on Perth Amboy bribery scandal

October 27, 2022 3:31 pmNovember 8, 2022 5:13 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) today declined to comment on the bribery scandal brewing in her hometown of Perth Amboy, where a campaign staffer working for city council candidate Jeanette Rios was charged yesterday with offering bribes in exchange for...

Vitale, Coughlin, Lopez win in the 19th district

November 2, 2021 8:01 pmDecember 17, 2021 3:54 pm

The New Jersey Globe is projecting that State Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Woodbridge), Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-South Amboy), and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) have won re-election to the 19th legislative district. The Republican nominees for the seats were Peter...

Murphy still mum on mandatory minimums bill as measure brushes against procedural deadline

April 14, 2021 3:29 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is running out of time to act on a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for a series of drug, property and public trust crimes. The legislation, sent to his desk on March 1 after votes that largely...

Report: Corrections ombudsman to resign

April 9, 2021 4:31 pm

Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez (D-Perth Amboy) cheered the coming resignation of New Jersey Corrections Ombudsman Dan DiBenedetti a day after he appeared before Assembly hearings over abuses at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility. “The passage of the Dignity Act granted New...

Mandatory minimums bill heads to Murphy’s desk, where it’ll likely be vetoed

March 1, 2021 3:17 pmMarch 1, 2021 5:56 pm

The Assembly cleared a bill eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for a series of drug and property crimes, but the bill appears headed for a veto over its inclusion of official misconduct and related corruption offenses. They passed the bill by...