State Government Archives

Government witness told grand jury that he didn’t consider ex-legislator a public official

June 9, 2021 8:36 pm

A detective for the state attorney general’s Office of Public Integrity told a grand jury in 2019 that he did not consider a former legislator charged with official misconduct to be a public official. The testimony of Det. Ross Portner...

Statements on the resignation of Marcus Hicks

June 8, 2021 11:51 amJune 8, 2021 12:59 pm

SENATE MINORITY CONFERENCE LEADER KRISTIN CORRADO “The resignation of Commissioner Hicks only addresses half of the leadership failure in the Murphy administration that allowed the abuses and sexual assaults at Edna Mahan to continue for too long.” ASSEMBLYWOMAN JEAN STANFIELD...

Kuhn will lead Department of Corrections, for now

June 8, 2021 11:15 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has named Victoria Kuhn, the current chief of staff at the Department of Corrections, to serve as acting commissioner. She will replace Marcus Hicks, who announced his resignation this morning after an independent investigation into allegations of...

Under fire, Murphy dropping Hicks as Corrections commissioner

June 8, 2021 10:32 amJune 8, 2021 11:16 am

Updated: Hicks has resigned. Gov. Phil Murphy has decided to replace embattled Commissioner of Corrections Marcus Hicks, two administration sources told the New Jersey Globe. The decision to part ways with Hicks, who was a holdover from Gov. Chris Christie’s...

Murphy has no comment on Hicks’ future, but it doesn’t look good

June 7, 2021 1:50 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy would not say if he’s ready to fire embattled Commissioner of Corrections Marcus Hicks, but he sounded more like he’s ready to let him go than to keep him. The refusal to offer any support at all...

Statements on the closing of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility

June 7, 2021 12:11 pmJune 7, 2021 4:19 pm

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER LORETTA WEINBERG “While I applaud the decision to close the Edna Mahan facility given its long, horrible track record of tolerating sexual abuse and violence toward inmates, this new report only serves to reaffirm my belief that...

Grewal, Colligan spar over Supreme Court ruling on police records

June 7, 2021 11:45 am

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled today that all local police departments in the state will be obligated to publish the names of police officers who were fired, demoted or suspended for at least five days on an annual basis....