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Eight takeaways from today’s legislative session

June 16, 2022 8:24 pmJune 20, 2022 11:24 am

The full state legislature met once again in Trenton today, but even though the summer recess is only two weeks away, controversial bills on guns and abortion were entirely missing from the docket. Instead, the Assembly focused on a series...

DeCroce will seek comeback in GOP primary against Webber, Bergen

June 16, 2022 6:04 pmJune 16, 2022 6:19 pm

BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany) will challenge two incumbents in the 2023 primary in a bid to win back the 26th district State Assembly seat she held for ten years. DeCroce announced her comeback bid to attendees at a fundraiser on Wednesday...

Codey still won’t say whether he intends to give Platkin courtesy

June 16, 2022 5:35 pmJune 17, 2022 9:15 am

State Sen. and former Gov. Richard Codey (D-Roseland), who has thus far joined State Sen. Nia Gill (D-Montclair) in blocking acting Attorney General Matt Platkin from coming up for a confirmation vote in the Senate, today would not say where...

Scutari pessimistic on future of Murphy abortion proposals

June 16, 2022 4:46 pmJune 16, 2022 8:54 pm

Saying that the votes simply aren’t there, Senate President Nick Scutari (D-Linden) threw cold water today on the prospect of passing Gov. Phil Murphy’s ambitious abortion proposals, which the governor first unveiled last month. Asked whether the bill was unlikely...

Liberty State Park task force bill passes Senate committee after packed hearing

June 16, 2022 2:49 pmJune 16, 2022 4:47 pm

Liberty State Park, Jersey City’s largest park and one of the state’s premier urban green spaces, is in need of serious revitalization – that much everyone in New Jersey politics can agree on. But as a Senate Environment and Energy...

The Assembly is set to pass a major voting reform package – but some progressives are skeptical

June 15, 2022 6:05 pmJune 16, 2022 10:23 am

When it comes to improving New Jersey’s antiquated elections system, Democrats have tried to balance two separate, and sometimes competing, interests: the need to keep elections efficient and secure, and the desire to make them accessible to all. That’s a...

Murphy, legislative leadership announce deal on ANCHOR tax relief plan

June 15, 2022 1:30 pmJune 15, 2022 3:48 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy, Senate President Nick Scutari (D-Linden), and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-Woodbridge) gathered in South Brunswick today to announce that they’ve reached an agreement on a critical piece of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget: the Affordable New Jersey...