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Veterans’ groups back Kim bill expanding health benefits for service members

June 16, 2021 12:49 pm

A swath of military support organizations backed a bill expanding health care for veterans sponsored by Rep. Andy Kim (D-Bordentown) Wednesday. The bill, dubbed the Healthcare for our Troops Act, would provide health care to more than 800,000 service members...

AFL-CIO endorses Murphy and most Democrats

June 15, 2021 12:32 pmJune 15, 2021 4:17 pm

The New Jersey AFL-CIO today endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for re-election to a second term, along with Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin. “These leaders proved themselves during the darkest days of the...

New Jersey’s Weedman ends independent bid for governor, will seek write-in votes

June 15, 2021 10:56 amJune 15, 2021 4:17 pm

Edward “NJ Weedman” Forchion today ended his independent bid for governor, terminating a 90-minute court hearing that concentrated on the process he used to gather electronic signatures on his nominating petitions. “I can’t compete with the power of the Democratic...

Weedman’s independent gubernatorial bid challenged by N.J. Democrats

June 14, 2021 6:09 pm

Edward “NJ Weedman” Forchion’s independent candidacy for governor has hit a snag, with the New Jersey Democratic State Committee filing a challenge to the validity of his nominating petitions. Forchion has argued that Gov. Phil Murphy hasn’t done enough to...

LaTourette sworn in

June 14, 2021 4:31 pm

Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn LaTourette was sworn in Monday. “I am deeply grateful for Governor Murphy’s environmental leadership and honored by his confidence, and that of the New Jersey Senate,” he said. “To lead the Department of Environmental...

Administration to lift closure orders for adult day programs, Persichilli says

June 14, 2021 3:43 pmJune 14, 2021 11:39 pm

Day programs administered by the Department of Health will soon be allowed to open, Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli announced Monday. “With the numbers of residents vaccinated increasing, hospitalizations on the decline and decreasing COVID-19 in the state, the department is...

Bergen chides Tucker over lax veterans’ committee schedule

June 10, 2021 4:59 pmJune 10, 2021 7:30 pm

Assemblyman Brian Bergen (R-Denville) is picking a fight with the chair of the Assembly Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee. In a letter sent Thursday to Assemblywoman Cleopatra Tucker (D-Newark), the committee’s chairwoman, the Republican lawmaker aired criticisms over the body’s...