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Mukherji is new Majority Whip

January 9, 2018 3:05 pm

Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City), a 33-year-old rising star in New Jersey politics, is the new Assembly Majority Whip. He was newly-installed Speaker Craig Coughlin’s pick, replacing Herbert Conaway (D-Burlington). Mukherj is a former Deputy Mayor of Jersey City who...

Full text of Coughlin remarks

January 9, 2018 2:54 pm

Craig Coughlin was sworn in today as the 171st Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, presiding over the largest Democratic majority since 1978. He becomes the first Assembly Speaker from Middlesex County since Alan Karcher held the post from...

Farewell to Ray Lesniak

January 9, 2018 12:55 am

Raymond Lesniak cast his final vote in Trenton on Monday – the final chapter of a 40-year career in the New Jersey Legislature. The current generation knows him as a progressive leader; older people like me also recall, with approbation,...

Maria Rodriguez-Gregg’s must read

January 8, 2018 4:21 pm

Assemblywoman Maria Rodriguez-Gregg, who dropped her bid for re-election earlier this year, has posted a courageous statement on her Facebook page. It is a must read from this very courageous legislator who leaves office tomorrow. Last night, I had a...

Coughlin wants Jones at Sports Authority

January 8, 2018 3:59 pm

Incoming Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin plans to make the reappointment of LeRoy Jones to a seat on the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) a priority once he takes office tomorrow, according to sources. Jones, the Essex County Democratic...

Russo, Wisniewski casting final votes

January 8, 2018 1:28 pm

Two of the most senior members of the New Jersey State Assembly will cast their final votes today, on 146 bills, more or less. David Russo (R-Bergen) and John Wisniewski (D-Middlesex), did not seek re-election. The Dean of the Assembly,...

Corrado may block Traier nomination

January 8, 2018 10:24 am

Passaic County GOP Chairman John Traier may pay a price for his endorsement of Paul DiGaetano in last year’s State Senate primary in District 40. State Sen. Kristin Corrado (R-Passaic) has not yet signed off on Traier’s reappointment to the...