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Controversial vaccinations bill, stalled in State Senate, will be back after better head count

January 17, 2020 3:46 pmJanuary 18, 2020 11:39 am

Lawmakers expected a bill eliminating the religious exemption for vaccinations to cause a stir, but its lead Senate sponsor didn’t foresee it prompting hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protesters to assail the state house for days on end. That bill failed...

Altman calls for criminal investigation into Norcross

January 17, 2020 12:56 pmJanuary 17, 2020 2:34 pm

NJ Working Families director Sue Altman called for a criminal investigation into South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross following the release of a second report by a task force investigating tax incentives meted out by the Economic Development Authority. “It’s time...

Assembly budget committee gets three new members

January 17, 2020 12:36 pmJanuary 17, 2020 1:00 pm

The powerful Assembly Budget Committee has three new members. William Spearman (D-Camden) will take the seat of his former running mate, Patricia Egan Jones (D-Barrington). Jones did not seek re-election last year. Ralph Caputo (D-Nutley) replaces John McKeon (D-West Orange). ...

Weinberg, Corrado claim Murphy’s punting on Trenton misogyny

January 17, 2020 12:23 pm

Two senators that headed a select committee investigating the hiring of a former staffer in Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration slammed the governor over what they claimed was his superficial support of reforms fighting a culture of misogyny in the state’s...

Moen gets his Assembly committee assignments

January 17, 2020 12:21 pm

Freshman Assemblyman Bill Moen (D-Camden) has been assigned to three committees: Commerce and Economic Development, Transportation and Independent Authorities, and State and Local Government. Assembly committee assignments are made by Speaker Craig Coughlin. Moen won the open 5th district Assembly...

Coughlin creates two new Assembly committees

January 17, 2020 12:07 pmJanuary 17, 2020 2:37 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has created two new committees, splitting the Health and Senior Services and the Housing and Community Development panels. Herbert Conaway, Jr. (D-Delran) will chair the Assembly Health Committee and Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Englewood) will lead the...

2019 big six spending lowest in more than a decade

January 17, 2020 10:48 am

State party and legislative leadership committee spending hit a decade low in last year’s legislative races, according to data released by the Election Law Enforcement Commission Friday. Combined, the big-six spent just over $8 million on the year’s races, falling...