Tag: nj senate
Following lead of the lower house, Liberty State Park Protection Act...
Eight months after a state Assembly panel cleared the Liberty State Park Protection Act, the Senate Environment and Energy Committee has followed suit for...
Cunningham criticizes Murphy after he conditionally vetoes marijuana expungement bill
State Senator Sandra Cunningham (D-31) criticized Gov. Phil Murphy (D) after he vetoed a bill that she co-sponsored that would have overhauled the state's...
Sacco, Jimenez, Mejia, voice support for driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
The top elected officials in the 32nd Legislative District, state Senator Nick Sacco, Assemblywoman Angelica Jimenez and Assemblyman Pedro Mejia, voiced their support for...
Fulop and Baraka continue to support weed legalization, pushing for full...
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka are continuing to advocate for marijuana legalization, though they are calling for the bill...
Cunningham, Mukherji introduce bill to protect Liberty State Park from development
After years of fighting off proposed development projects from multiple administrations, Liberty State Park would become a protected historic site if a bill introduced...
On heels of Brennan rape allegations, 2 GOP senators call for...
On the heels of a top official in the Gov. Phil Murphy (D) administration alleging she was raped last year by another Trenton staffer...
Anonymous group comes out against Jersey City’s potential 1% payroll tax
Partnership for Jersey City, an anonymous group advocating for small businesses, has come out against the city's potential one percent payroll tax that is...
Fulop opposes bill introduced by Hudson legislators that would halt property...
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop is "not a supporter" of a new bill introduced by three Hudson County legislators that would temporarily halt property...
Christie signs Cunningham sponsored expungement reform bills into law
Outgoing Gov. Chris Christie (R) has signed a three-bill package to reform expungement laws, whose primary sponsor was state Senator Sandra Cunningham (D-31), into...
Poll: Who do you blame for the state government shutdown?
During the first full day of a state government shutdown during a budget battle between Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-32) and Gov. Chris Christie...
