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ICYMI: Here’s what’s happened since Friday morning

January 17, 2022 12:04 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and State Sen. Jon Bramnick joined host David Wildstein on the New Jersey Globe Power Hour on Talk Radio 77 WABC this weekend. Don’t miss Wildstein on John Wallace and congressional redistricting. Click PLAY to listen: As...

The story of a maid who became an assemblywoman

January 17, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 16, 2022 10:14 pm

A former maid and the granddaughter of slaves, Remay Pearce served as an assemblywoman from Essex County for about seven weeks in 1979 and 1980. In those days, when a seat in the legislature became vacant, it would remain empty until the...

Coughlin creates Agriculture and Food Security Committee, taps Freiman to lead it

January 14, 2022 3:02 pmJanuary 14, 2022 5:48 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has picked Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) to serve as chairman of the reimagined Agriculture and Food Security Committee that cam address Coughlin’s personal interest in hunger issues. As a result of retirements and electoral defeats, Coughlin needed...

There’s no such thing as a perfect legislative map

January 14, 2022 2:26 pm

Last Saturday, Legislative Apportionment Commission tiebreaker Philip Carchman released an eight-page document outlining his requirements for the state’s next legislative map and laying out a series of standards he hopes the redrawn districts will fulfill. Among those standards are compactness,...

Carol Murphy is new Assembly Majority Whip

January 14, 2022 12:36 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has named Carol Murphy, a three-term assemblywoman from Burlington County, as the new Majority Whip. She will replace Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne), who did not seek re-election in 2021. Louis Greenwald (D-Voorhees) was re-elected Majority Leader when...

Aura Dunn mulling House run against Mikie Sherrill

January 14, 2022 12:08 pmJanuary 14, 2022 2:26 pm

Assemblywoman Aura K. Dunn (R-Mendham) is considering a bid for Congress in New Jersey’s 11th district against Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair). “I haven’t said no,” Dunn told the New Jersey Globe. “Running for Congress has always been a consideration of...

Swain set to chair Assembly Appropriations Committee

January 14, 2022 12:01 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin is expected to name Lisa Swain, a three-term Democrat from Bergen County, to chair the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Swain will replace John Burzichelli, who lost his bid for re-election to an 11th term last November. The...