Assemblyman Benjie News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

A grassroots activist who said she would focus on “children over politics” emerged as the surprising top vote-getter in Paterson's election.

METUCHEN – Governor Phil Murphy today signed a sweeping series of gun safety reforms to continue the fight against gun violence in New Jersey. Since taking office in 2018, Governor Murphy has been a champion of bold, commonsense gun reform, and signed significant gun safety packages in June 2018 and July 2019. Today, the Governor reaffirmed his commitment to redu

Governor Murphy Renews Call for Legislature to Pass Comprehensive Gun Safety Bill Package First Unveiled in April 2021

Credit: (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) File photo: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka Newark Mayor Ras Baraka renewed his pursuit of civilian oversight for police Thursday, urging the Legislature to post and pass a languishing bill that would create and fund civilian complaint review boards throughout the state. The measure was proposed last year after the state Supreme Court severely limited his city’s review board by revoking its subpoena power. Fearing the proposed legislation is dying on the vine, Baraka said it must be passed immediately, before the Legislature starts its summer recess. He said he suspe...

Governor Phil Murphy on MOnday signed historic adult-use cannabis reform bills into law, legalizing and regulating cannabis use and possession for adults 21 years and older (A21 – “The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act”) and decriminalizing marijuana and hashish possession (A1897). The Governor also signed S3454, clarifying marijuana and cannabis use and possession penalties for individuals younger than 21 years old. “Our current marijuana prohibition laws have failed every test of social justice, which is why for years I've stro...