Legislature Archives

PBA president says new weed law restricts cops from ‘upholding basic law and order’

July 30, 2021 11:55 amJuly 30, 2021 11:55 am

The head of the state’s largest law enforcement union is sounding alarms over the outcome of a marijuana legalization law he claims is restricting police officers from “upholding basic law and order across New Jersey.” In a letter to Senate...

After a difficult year, 39th district GOP legislators unite

July 29, 2021 12:23 pmJuly 29, 2021 5:24 pm

It’s been a tough five months for Republicans in the 39th district, where the death of 12-term State Sen. Gerald Cardinale in February resulted in two extraordinarily close special election conventions and a fierce GOP primary for State Assembly. But...

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

July 29, 2021 12:01 amJuly 28, 2021 6:39 pm

Today is the 60th anniversary of the arrest of Freedom Rider Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting to desegregate a blacks-only waiting room at the Greyhound bus terminal in Jackson, Mississippi. He spent 45...

Possible shortage of Election Day poll workers anticipated, election officials say

July 28, 2021 2:21 pmJuly 28, 2021 7:18 pm

New Jersey election officials are projecting a shortage of poll workers for the November general election, especially with the implementation of a new law establishing early in-person voting. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the early voting law in March requiring election...

Democratic county organizations have huge cash advantage

July 27, 2021 10:24 amJuly 27, 2021 10:56 am

New Jersey’s 21 Democratic county organizations have a 4-1 cash advantage over the 21 Republican county organizations headed into the General Election. Democratic county parties raised $1,560,160 during the first six months of 2021, while the GOP brought in $869,248...

GOP redistricting commissions set deadline for answers on prisoner allocations

July 26, 2021 11:36 am

The Republican members of the commissions charged with redrawing congressional and legislative districts over the next few months have given New Jersey Secretary of State Tahesha Way until August 2 to answer questions about how the state will adjust municipal...

Chester Apy, former assemblyman and victim of 1960s redistricting, dies at 89

July 25, 2021 5:26 pmJuly 26, 2021 12:45 am

Chester Apy, a respected maverick Republican who represented Monmouth County in the New Jersey State Assembly in the late 1960s and early 1970s and made his mark as an advocate of tax reform – including a vote in support of...