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Nurses union endorse Democrats, but only those with them on safe staffing bill

September 18, 2023 5:46 pmSeptember 18, 2023 5:51 pm

The state’s largest nurses’ union is endorsing only candidates who support safe staffing legislation that mandates nurse-to-patient ratios in New Jersey hospitals, a move that puts them in the Democratic camp in the most competitive Senate and Assembly races this...

Pallone, House Energy & Commerce Dems launch inquiry into anti-abortion laws

September 18, 2023 4:53 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch), in his role as the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today launched an inquiry into anti-abortion laws that have passed in many Republican-led states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe...

After Justice Department report, lawmakers want to take ex-Health Commissioner’s name off building

September 9, 2023 6:11 pm

After the U.S. Justice Department smacked New Jersey’s treatment of veterans living in state-run nursing homes, two Republican assemblywomen want to remove Judy Persichilli’s name from the New Jersey Department of Health building. The report from the Division of Civil...

Murphy calls findings of DOJ veterans home investigation ‘deeply disturbing’

September 7, 2023 3:19 pmSeptember 7, 2023 3:20 pm

In response to a report released earlier today by the U.S. Justice Department excoriating New Jersey’s Covid policies in two of its state-run veterans homes, Gov. Phil Murphy issued a statement calling the report’s findings “deeply disturbing” and saying the...

Justice Department report slams N.J. for Covid policies in two veterans homes

September 7, 2023 12:46 pmSeptember 7, 2023 12:48 pm

After a nearly three-year-long investigation, a major report released this morning by the U.S. Justice Department finds that the state of New Jersey provided “unconstitutionally deficient care” at state-run veterans homes in Paramus and Menlo Park. The report, which was...

Durr tells Rutgers to end vaccine mandate

August 24, 2023 2:00 pm

State Sen. Edward Durr (R-Logan) and his running mates are asking Rutgers University to lift a Covid vaccination mandate that continues even though Gov. Phil Murphy has closed out executive orders that require vaccines. “If Rutgers leadership had any sense...

Opinion: Life Sciences Save More Than Lives

August 15, 2023 2:44 pmAugust 15, 2023 3:14 pm

OPINION The storied achievements of our life sciences sector – our biopharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and medical device companies – are globally known. Since the early twentieth century, they range from the discovery of penicillin to COVID-19 vaccines; the first polio...