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20 Oct 2016, 12:28 pm
A resolution (SR-67) sponsored by Senator Steve Oroho (R-Sussex, Warren, Morris) to help state and local governments fight the Zika virus was passed by the New Jersey Senate. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 5:40 am
When the bill was initially proposed back in 2010, it received overwhelming support by a state senate committee. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 2:34 am
Corzine signed into law Monday a measure abolishing the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment.The bill, approved last week by the state Assembly and Senate, replaces the death sentence with life in prison without parole. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 11:16 am
New Jersey’s Senate initially proposed S-121 in January 2018. [read post]
29 Oct 2018, 1:19 pm
(SenateNJ.com) “We wouldn’t rightly be known as the Garden State without the 12,000 family farms that call New Jersey home,” said Senator Oroho (R-Morris/Sussex/Warren). [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 6:23 am
As New Jersey struggles to rebound from the economic recession, a resolution, sponsored by Senators Kevin O’Toole and Nellie Pou, encouraging the federal government to waive a federal provision requiring New Jersey to foot a minimum of 25 percent of Hurricane Sandy cleanup – which would save the state more than $7 billion – was approved Monday by the full Senate. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 12:13 pm
Senator Kip Bateman (R-16) issued the following statement regarding Governor Chris Christie’s nomination of Kevin O’Dowd to serve as New Jersey’s next Attorney General: “Kevin O’Dowd has an exemplary record of federal and state public service in both the United States Attorney’s Office and in the Governor’s Office. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 9:01 pm
On Monday, New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg passed away at the age of 89. [read post]
30 Jun 2023, 1:44 pm
The New Jersey Senate cleared legislation sponsored by Senator Anthony M. [read post]
4 Apr 2022, 7:40 am
On Friday, Governor Phil Murphy issued an April Fools’ Day joke suggesting he was changing the New Jersey State Bird to the Middle Finger. [read post]
23 Dec 2022, 8:46 am
Senator Joe Pennacchio was named Legislator of the Year by the New Jersey Family Policy Council. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 8:39 am
The New Jersey Senate voted Monday December 10 to make the state the first in the country to repeal the death penalty since 1976, when the United States Supreme Court set guidelines for the nation's current system of capital punishment. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 9:01 am
New Jersey Senate Republicans renewed their calls today for legislative Democrats to allow long overdue tax cut and consistency reforms that are more necessary than ever given a monumental reduction plan that is about to be made law by competitor state North Carolina. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 8:12 am
Legislation originated and sponsored by Senator Robert Singer to draw more doctors to needed areas in New Jersey through a physician loan redemption program was advanced today by the Senate and will now head to the governor’s desk for approval. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 8:50 am
A bill sponsored by Senator Jim Holzapfel (R-10) that seeks to lessen congestion, make roadways safer and improve the flow of traffic through busy New Jersey intersections has been approved by the Senate Transportation Committee. [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 8:09 am
According to The Times, the move from New Jersey to Florida (a state with no income tax) was estimated to cost New Jersey hundreds of millions of dollars. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 11:23 am
The bill is based on a recommendation in a report issued by the New Jersey Council of Teaching Hospitals that said loan forgiveness is one of the top factors that medical residents look for in determining a practice. “We need to address the impending physician shortage to prevent the risk of people going without any, or with insufficient, care., ” Singer stated. “The nine million New Jersey residents deserve to know that well-trained… [read post]
11 Mar 2016, 1:04 pm
Anthony Bucco would would rename the state’s “Move Over Law” in memory of New Jersey State Police Trooper Sean Cullen. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 11:29 am
Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande issue the following statement on the passage of New Jersey’s Fiscal Year 2011 State Budget: The New Jersey State budget has passed both the State Senate and General Assembly, and did so through a bipartisan effort lead by the minority party. [read post]
6 Mar 2018, 9:08 am
Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean said a new tax on New Jersey employers proposed by Senate President Stephen Sweeney today backtracks on a commitment to reforming the state’s tax and fiscal policies to make the Garden State more affordable and competitive with neighboring states. [read post]
