This is who donated the most money to pro-Murphy nonprofit
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Once again, New Jersey’s largest and powerful teachers union is by far the biggest funder of a nonprofit run by allies of Gov. Phil Murphy to promote the Democratic governor’s agenda.
The group, New Direction New Jersey, on Wednesday released a list of its donors for the last few months of 2019 and all of 2020. And just like last year, the New Jersey Education Association provided the group with easily the largest amount of its fundraising $6 million in contributions from the union’s super PAC, Garden State Forward.
With just a few days left for Gov. Phil Murphy and Democratic lawmakers to fulfill voters wishes to legalize marijuana, they ve gotten hung up on details that could add yet another delay to what s been years of failures and setbacks to bring the drug to the marketplace.
Murphy said Monday that there were technical but important issues with a bill to decriminalize marijuana that the Legislature sent him earlier this month.
That bill is separate from another one to regulate the sale of marijuana, but Murphy has been expected to sign them in tandem by Jan. 1.
Murphy s office wants to include penalties for possession of marijuana by people younger than 21 years old, according to three aides in the Legislature and the governor s office familiar with discussions. Politico New Jersey first reported the hang-up Monday.
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State Senator Nick Sacco (D-32) explained why he won’t compromise on his amended official misconduct bill that remains in limbo, as well as why he feels the Palisade Cliffs Protection Act is responsible legislation.
“Absolutely not, absolutely not: we’re gonna be fair to everybody,” Sacco said when asked if he’d consider compromising on the amendment he introduced during an interview at North Bergen Township Hall, where he serves as mayor, last week.
Sacco’s official misconduct amendment was added to Bill S-2586 on August 24th, after state Senators Senators Sandra Cunningham (D-31) and Nellie Pou (D-35) introduced the initial bill on June 2nd.
New Jersey s influential teachers union, the New Jersey Education Association, overwhelmingly powered Gov. Phil Murphy s nonprofit that blasts out his policy wins and goals. The NJEA provided $6 million of the $6.5 million the social welfare nonprofit raised during the end of 2019 and all of 2020.
New Direction New Jersey, a group run by former aides to the governor that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, reported that it also collected $175,000, from the union Greater PA Carpenters, $127,000 from the state s largest public workers union, the Communications Workers of America, $100,000 from real estate agency GP Management LLC and $75,000 from the Greater New Jersey Carpenters union.
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