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Howarth, Peters not speaking as election day nears

May 23, 2019 6:22 pm

Joe Howarth and Ryan Peters aren’t speaking. The two assemblymen are former running mates that still sit next to one another on the Assembly floor, but they’ve been pitted into a primary contest increasingly marked by acrimony. “No reason to,...

Three NJ legislators denounce abortion ban

May 23, 2019 6:03 pmMay 23, 2019 6:33 pm

Just three New Jersey Democrats were among a list of 373 state legislators from 46 states who signed on to a statement denouncing a efforts to ban abortion at the state level. Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Assemblyman Raj Mukherji...

Murphy non-profit ad response won’t hurt budget talks, Coughlin says

May 23, 2019 5:41 pmMay 23, 2019 5:42 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin isn’t worried about his response to an ad boosting a millionaire’s tax run by New Direction New Jersey imperiling the year’s budget negotiations. “I think I was pretty clear in the statement that I think these...

Bramnick declines to say if he’s concerned about independent candidates

May 23, 2019 5:17 pm

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick on Thursday declined to say whether he was concerned about independent candidates seeking his seat would siphon votes away from him and his running mate, Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz. “My position is that I’ve run in...

Advocacy group wants Asian communities taken into account in redistricting

May 23, 2019 3:34 pm

Jersey Promise, an Asian American advocacy group, is recommending that the state take into account communities of interest when drafting legislative district lines in 2021 to increase Asian-American representation in Trenton. “To increase both substantive and descriptive representation of the...

No hard date set for Assembly EDA hearings

May 23, 2019 3:26 pm

No concrete start date has been set for the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s hearings on the Economic Development Authority’s tax incentive programs, committee chair Gordon Johnson told the New Jersey Globe Thursday. “I haven’t got gotten a date...

Sweeney: New Port Authority bus terminal should be named after Loretta Weinberg

May 23, 2019 1:16 pmMay 23, 2019 1:21 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney says a new Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York should be named after Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released a “scoping document” today that outlines early...