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SWEENEY CONFIRMS DEMOCRATS WILL PRESENT THEIR OWN BUDGET BILL TO CHRISTIE
Line-item veto means governor gets the last word on funding for women’s healthcare and other Democratic priorities
N.J. lawmakers want animal-abuse offenders put on a list
Sixty-six dogs were rescued earlier this year after being kept, scarred, and sometimes stacked in crates for several months as part of a multistate dogfighting ring.
Ciattarelli-Singleton bill would expand reach of varsity letters
Assemblyman Jack M. Ciattarelli (R-District 16) has introduced legislation that would lead to varsity letters being awarded at New Jersey high schools for competitions not on the athletic field.
N.J. lawmakers consider expanding lieutenant governor's duties
A measure advancing in the New Jersey legislature would expand the responsibilities of the lieutenant governor.
Singleton Introduces Bill Package to Overhaul Campaign Finance & Pay-to Play Laws in New Jersey
One Bill Will Eliminate Veil of Secrecy Created by Supreme Court's Landmark 'Citizens United' Decision
Assemblyman Troy Singleton has introduced a two-bill package to dramatically overhaul New Jersey's campaign finance laws by creating greater transparency through enhanced disclosure requirements and broadening the state's existing pay-to-play laws.
Conaway, Singleton, Spencer & McKeon Bill to Protect N.J. Drinking Water from Likely Carcinogen Clears Assembly Panel
Legislation Assembly Democrats Herb Conaway, M.D., Troy Singleton, L. Grace Spencer and John McKeon sponsored to protect New Jersey's drinking water from toxic contaminant cleared and Assembly panel on Monday.
The bill (A-1826) seeks a maximum contaminant level for 1, 2, 3-trichloropropane. It requires the Drinking Water Quality Institute to recommend to the Department of Environmental Protection a maximum contaminant level for the chemical.
N.J. Democrats' pension funding push moves forward
State lawmakers are one step closer to putting a constitutional amendment mandating contributions to New Jersey's public pension system on the ballot in November.
The state Assembly Judiciary Committee on Monday advanced a resolution that would create a ballot question asking voters whether they want to write regular payments for the state's underfunded pension system into the constitution.
Unlike NJ population, state’s elected officials mostly white male lawyers
A new study finds the makeup of the state legislature is not representative of New Jersey’s population.
The study from the William Hughes Center for Public Policy at Stockton University found 7 in 10 Trenton lawmakers are male, and 83 percent are white, compared to 69 percent of the state’s population.
Muhammad Ali: How Great Thou Art
Muhammad Ali’s accomplishments as a boxer have placed him in the pantheon of the most accomplished athletes in sports history.
But, the stunning boxing accomplishments of this force of nature in the end would be overshadowed by his stature as a civil rights activist and a bona-fide worldwide cultural icon who defies description.
Singleton introduces new legislative redistricting reform bill
New Jersey lawmakers are pursuing possible changes to the way the state redraws its legislative districts each decade, and Assemblyman Troy Singleton has introduced his own proposal to inject a nonpartisan perspective into the process.