Phil Murphy says unvaccinated are getting COVID more than the vaccinated in NJ

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Monday continued to push the narrative that the unvaccinated population in New Jersey are getting COVID-19 at a higher rate than the vaccinated…

Phil Murphy signs law to eliminate monetary penalties for juvenile crimes

TRENTON – Governor Murphy today signed legislation (S-3319/A-5507) that eliminates certain juvenile justice fines, fees, costs, and other monetary penalties. The legislation acts to improve the juvenile justice system by eliminating unnecessary costs.…

NJEA applauds Murphy’s promise to keep children in New Jersey masked up

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Education Association, the state’s largest teacher’s union today announced it was supportive of Governor Phil Murphy’s promise to keep school children in face masks. New Jersey…

Phil Murphy’s pandemic powers officially end tomorrow, but New Jersey nervously waits to see what he does next

TRENTON, NJ – When the New Jersey Senate and Assembly both agreed in a bipartisan fashion to allow New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s pandemic health emergency powers to expire Monday, the governor…

New Jersey Senate Rejects Phil Murphy’s Request to Extend COVID-19 Pandemic Powers

TRENTON, NJ – The Democrat led New Jersey Senate today decided to not extend Governor Phil Murphy’s emergency pandemic powers, dealing the newly re-elected governor a political blow on his health emergency…

Phil Murphy discusses new COVID-19 prison release policy as omicron continues to spread

TRENTON, NJ – After freeing more than two thousand convicted criminals in 2020, some who went on to commit new violent crimes after their release, Governor Phil Murphy today said he has…

Phil Murphy: School mask mandate will stay in place, even if his authorization expires tomorrow

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy today said that he will not allow school children to attend school unmasked, even if the New Jersey legislature doesn’t extend his pandemic emergency…

Phil Murphy says New Jersey schools need age-appropriate active shooter drills

TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (A-5727/S-3726) which requires school security drills to be age-appropriate and to prevent unnecessary traumatization of schoolchildren. Among other requirements, the legislation prohibits the use of…

New Jersey Democrat leader pushing for extending Murphy COVID powers tests positive for COVID

New Jersey Assembly majority speaker Craig Coughlin, a Democrat who is pushing for the renewal of Phil Murphy’s pandemic emergency powers has tested positive for COVID-19. Coughlin will participate in today’s vote…

New Jersey lawmakers deny Phil Murphy 90 day pandemic power grab as health emergency set to expire Tuesday

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy last week notified the New Jersey Senate and Assembly of his request to have the state’s governing bodies extend his pandemic emergency powers past…

NJEA wants to keep your children in masks as Murphy’s 90-day extension request is unlikely to pass before Tuesday

TRENTON, NJ – The New Jersey Education Association is in a fit this week after the union learned that Phil Murphy’s request to keep children in public schools indefinitely trapped behind a…

Here are 5 reasons why New Jersey lawmakers should not renew Phil Murphy’s pandemic powers

If there was ever a time for Democrats and Republicans in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly to come together on an issue, rejecting Governor Phil Murphy’s request to extend his pandemic…

Two years into the pandemic, Murphy deploys Army National Guard to nursing homes again

TRENTON – COVID-19 is once again spreading through nursing homes across New Jersey despite high vaccination rates and booster rates statewide. Two years into the global COVID-19 pandemic, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s…

Blood on Murphy’s hands, Republicans say after latest black bear attack

SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ – An encounter with a black bear on her own property sent an 81-year-old Sussex County woman to the hospital and claimed the life of her pet dog this…

Governor Murphy: We’re literally breaking records every day, as COVID-19 continues to surge

LONG BRANCH, NJ – New Jersey reported over 30,000 new COVID-19 cases once again on Thursday as the omicron virus positivity rate is at 40%. That means 40% of people tested for…

Phil Murphy says January 6th was domestic terrorism, but when D.C. burned a year earlier it was a peaceful protest

TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to this day insists that the rioters that burned Washington, D.C. and dozens of other cities across America were peaceful protesters exercising their American…

Phil Murphy: If more people used public libraries, Democracy would not be threatened today

LONG BRANCH, NJ – As Americans use at-home and online resources to access the services once provided by public libraries, fewer people are actually using libraries. That has made the entire New…

Phil Murphy’s nursing home death payout does equal justice for victims or families, DiMaio

TRENTON, N.J. – Assembly Republican Leader-Elect John DiMaio says the state’s settlement with 119 families of veterans who died of Covid-19 in state-run homes is a first step, not a substitution for answers…

Phil Murphy benching unvaccinated children from school activities is cruel and unscientific

TRENTON, NJ (editorial/opinion) – This week, the New Jersey Department of Health, under the direction of Governor Phil Murphy announced it will ban unvaccinated students from participating in extracurricular activities including sports,…

DePhillips says Murphy wrong to ban unvaccinated children from sports and extracurricular activities

TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips blasted the Murphy administration over their updated guidance for K-12 schools that excludes unvaccinated students from sports or extracurricular activities in areas where Covid-19 activity is very…

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