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Sen. Kristin Corrado called on Gov. Phil Murphy to reopen State government offices, including unemployment walk-in centers, immediately.

In a letter to the director of New Jersey’s Homeland Security and Preparedness, Sens. Singer, Connors, Holzapfel, Thompson and O’Scanlon emphasized the need to vet and screen refugees coming to the state from Afghanistan.

With a state-high unemployment rate of 11.1, Atlantic County residents deserve help from their senator, and Trenton Democrats are standing in the way, Sen. Joe Pennacchio said.

Sen. Michael Testa said murder charges filed against a former inmate freed by Gov. Phil Murphy demonstrate the insanity of the administration’s early release of thousands of dangerous inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In light of the Department of Justice’s investigation into Covid deaths at two veterans nursing homes, Sen. Joe Pennacchio lauded efforts to get to the truth.

Calling Murphy’s payroll tax increase on employers a job killer in a state with the 6th highest unemployment rate in the nation, Sen. Declan O’Scanlon called for the use of federal relief money as a better option.

A resident from his district who must repay more money to the Department of Labor than she received is one many months-old constituent cases that have frustrated Sen. Anthony M. Bucco and his staff.

The Murphy Administration is sitting on more than $6 billion in American Rescue Plan money and the four Republicans on the Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee want the money put to work helping NJ residents and employers.

Sen. Michael Testa blasted Gov. Murphy’s Energy Master Plan that will add $155 billion to electric bills and cost NJ families more than $252 billion.

The New Jersey Senate approved legislation sponsored by Sens. Anthony Bucco and Steven Oroho that would impose certain safety requirements on motorists when overtaking pedestrians and bicyclists.

Legislation that would allow mobile barbershops and hair salons to operate in the state, sponsored by Sen. Mike Testa and Senate President Steve Sweeney, that received final legislative approval from the Senate.

The Governor signed legislation sponsored by Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean establishing the New Jersey Rare Disease Advisory Council to ensure those suffering from unusual conditions receive suitable care.

Legislation sponsored by Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senators Vin Gopal and Declan O’Scanlon to encourage the creation of K-12 regional and countywide school districts earned final legislative approval today.

Sen. Christopher Connors, Asm. Brian Rumpf, and Asw. DiAnne Gove hailed the signing of S-3584 as a statutory means of protecting senior communities from potentially expensive pandemic-related lawsuits now.

Sen. Steve Oroho’s legislation to help small businesses fill job opening this summer was signed into law by the Governor.

Sen. Steven Oroho said it appears possible that Gov. Phil Murphy will use federal funds as proposed by Republicans to stop a major tax increase on New Jersey employers.

Sen. Joe Pennacchio’s legislation to help make it easier for families to care for senior loved ones in multi-generation housing awaits Gov. Murphy’s signature.

Sen. Steven Oroho said Gov. Phil Murphy isn’t doing enough to end New York’s unfair taxation of former commuters who now work from home in New Jersey some or all of the time.

The Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee continued their push for transparency in the budget process with a new call for Gov. Phil Murphy to fully explain the hundreds of millions of pork spending in the FY 2022 State Budget he will sign into law this morning.

Senior residents struggling with the high cost of prescription medicine will be helped by legislation sponsored by Sen. Jim Holzapfel and signed into law.

Legislation approved by the Senate and sponsored by Sen. Michael Testa would exempt commercial fisherman from state unemployment tax.

Sen. Jim Holzapfel, Asm. Greg McGuckin and Asm. John Catalano said the budget passed in Trenton today highlights the misplaced priorities of the Democrats and will drain some Ocean County schools of their rightfully deserved funding.