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Mount Laurel, NJ – State Senator Troy Singleton announced the launch of a new, multi-agency program aimed at helping victims…
TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senate Education Chair M. Teresa Ruiz and Senator Kristin Corrado, which would improve school security,…
Trenton – Legislation sponsored by Senate Transportation Committee Chair Patrick Diegnan and Senator Linda Greenstein, which would establish a 13-member…
Trenton – Senate President Steve Sweeney presented former Governor Jim Florio with the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Stockton…
Trenton – A series of clean water bills to address the lead contamination crisis and protect the state’s water quality…
Trenton – A bill authored by Senate President Steve Sweeney that would help protect workers from being exploited through their misclassification…
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NJ Effort to Follow California, Let Student Athletes Profit from Names and Images
John Reitmeyer | October 28, 2019 | NJ Spotlight | New Jersey Fair Play Act would make it legal…
Our lawmakers are right: It’s time to ban menthol cigarettes | Editorial
Editorial Board | October 27, 2019 | Star-Ledger | The chilling vape scare, which has claimed one life in…
NJ’s former inmates need more health care, housing help to stay out of prison, report says
Ashley Balcerzak | October 22, 2019 | North Jersey Record | When Haywood Gandy left prison after serving 20…
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POLICY ISSUES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
LAGANA, CUNNINGHAM INTRODUCE THE ‘NEW JERSEY FAIR PLAY ACT’
Trenton – Senator Joe Lagana and Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Senator Sandra B. Cunningham introduced the “New Jersey Fair Play Act” today to allow collegiate student-athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image or likeness.
RUIZ INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Trenton – Senate President Pro Tempore M. Teresa Ruiz introduced legislation, which would require that a person charged with domestic violence by strangling the victim be detained prior to trial.
SWEENEY, CUNNINGHAM & GREENSTEIN PRAISE REENTRY REPORT
Trenton – Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senator Sandra Cunningham and Senator Linda Greenstein today praised the work of the Reentry Services Commission and its recommendations to reduce barriers and enhance opportunities for the successful transition of former prisoners into society.