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Tomorrow is Election Day in New Jersey, with the Governorship and all 120 Legislative seats in the Senate and the Assembly up for grabs. If you haven't already taken advantage…
Tomorrow is Election Day in New Jersey, with the Governorship and all 120 Legislative seats in the Senate and the Assembly up for grabs. If you haven't already taken advantage…
Throughout the COVID crisis, many policy-watchers, myself included, have beome increasingly concerned about the growing lack of transparency in the legislative process: committee hearings are regularly held via Zoom video…
Controversial legislation allowing Governor Murphy to retain certain executive powers even after the Public Health Emergency ends will be signed into law today. Despite public protests outside the Statehouse and…
But it’s more important now than ever, at a time when public trust has cratered to an all time low, for elected officials to maintain an obligation to rebuild the…
Yesterday, I posted about the curiously high number of Voting Sessions scheduled for June 2020. Even though the State Budget deadline has been pushed off until September 30th, and Governor…
There's a lot happening right now in New Jersey. The outrage that followed the horrific murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers has sparked multiple protests…
As the State of NJ continues to grapple with the COVID-19 health crisis, the debate over Governor Murphy's timeline for re-opening businesses and easing social distancing restrictions has intensified. Earlier…
The Legislative Calendar released this morning reveals an active start to the month of May, with four Quorum Calls scheduled over a one-week period, a flurry of Committee Hearings for…
At the start of today's Remote Voting Session, Senate President Sweeney announced that the Legislature is working on a way to conduct "Virtual Committee Hearings". I'm hoping they also work…
With COVID-19 social distancing restrictions still in place, both Houses of the New Jersey Legislature will hold Remote Voting Sessions today: the Senate Session will start at 10am, and the…