So you think New Jersey is a bastion of progressiveness?
Gov. Phil Murphy seems to regularly channel his inner Bernie Sanders. Democrats control the state’s most populated counties, not to mention both houses in the state Legislature, both seats in the U.S. Senate and 10 of the 12 House districts. The Republican Party of Tom Kean and Christine Todd Whitman should consider applying for refugee status.
But look again.
Despite Murphy’s best intentions and the uber-grip of Democrats on political power, New Jersey has a long way to go. If you peel back the gauzy Garden State version of Democratic wallpaper, you see a very different New Jersey. Yes, our leaders increasingly speak like progressives. But cold, hard economic data tells a story of a deeply segregated state.
The measure, which passed with Democrats in favor and Republicans against, ends most of the more than 100 executive orders that Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy enacted to address the pandemic, but leaves about a dozen of them in place until January.
NJ Lawmakers Pass Bill To End COVID Public Health Emergency - Across New Jersey, NJ - The state Legislature passed a bill that would end the NJ COVID health emergency but would keep some orders in place.