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Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Extending Public Health Emergency in New Jersey

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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 235. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended in 2020 on April 7, May 6, June 4, July 2, August 1, August 27, September 25, October 24, November 22, and December 21, and again in 2021 on January 19, February 17, and March 17. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed.

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New Jersey Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccination Program

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Expansion Includes Individuals Ages 55-64, Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Higher Education Workers, and Other Frontline Essential Workers and High-Risk Groups

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Trenton NJ,  Governor Murphy today announced the expansion of eligibility for more frontline essential workers and high-risk groups in New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccination program. Eligible groups include individuals ages 55-64, individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, higher education educators and staff, and communications and utility infrastructure workers among others.

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Holly Schepisi took the oath of office today to become the new Senator for New Jersey’s 39th Legislative District

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Trenton NJ, Holly Schepisi took the oath of office today to become the new Senator for New Jersey’s 39th Legislative District. She is the first Republican female Senator from Bergen County and the first female ever to represent District 39 in the Legislature as a Senator.

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Time to Investigate NJ’s 10,000 Nursing Home Deaths

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Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio today vowed that he and his Republican Senate colleagues would continue fighting for answers on behalf of New Jersey families who lost loved ones to the COVID virus in veterans and nursing homes.

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Senior NJ Correctional Officer Charged Official Misconduct for Concealing his Membership in an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a suspended senior correctional police officer at Northern State Prison was indicted today on charges including official misconduct for falsifying a New Jersey Department of Corrections record to conceal his membership in an outlaw motorcycle gang.

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Man Indicted for Allegedly Throwing Explosive Device at New Jersey State Troopers During “Mostly Peaceful” Protests

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a man was indicted for allegedly throwing an explosive device at members of the New Jersey State Police on May 31, 2020 during the mostly  peaceful protests in New Jersey’s capital city Trenton over the death of George Floyd .

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Murphy Administration Was Warned “Nursing Home Order” Would Result in the Deaths of Nursing Home Patients

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Trenton NJ, in conference call on March 31 with hundreds of long-term care facility operators the Murphy Administration was told patients would die , “You understand that by asking us to take COVID patients, by demanding we take COVID patients, that patients will die in nursing homes that wouldn’t have otherwise died had we screened them out.”

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New Law on Underage Marijuana & Alcohol Use Another Step by Democrats to Cut Parents Out of Parenting

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Trenton NJ, Senator Michael Doherty said a new law prohibiting police from notifying parents of marijuana and alcohol use by children is another step by Democrats in their race to replace parents with government.

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Outrage Grows Over Governors Lack of Interest in Fixing the States Broken Unemployment System

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Trenton NJ, Senator Anthony M. Bucco expressed shock at Governor Phil Murphy’s suggestion at his press briefing that investing funds to fix the State’s broken unemployment system would be “throwing good money after bad. ”Sen. Tony Bucco expressed shock at Gov. Phil Murphy’s suggestion at his press briefing today that investing funds to fix the State’s broken unemployment system would be ‘throwing good money after bad.’

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Governor Murphy Goes on a Massive Spending Spree While He Campaigns for Reelection

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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy’s new state election year budget proposes to boost state spending by 11% in the fiscal year starting in July, in an election-year budget that avoids tax or fee increases due to stronger-than-expected revenues and a surplus helped by nearly $4.3 billion from emergency borrowing.

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Governor Signs Marijuana legalization, and Yes Underage users of marijuana will be free to smoke it anywhere !

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Trenton NJ, Its official New Jersey has legalized marijuana . Phil Murphy signed into law three bills putting into effect a ballot question overwhelmingly supported by voters last year.

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Employed NJ Man Indicted on Charge That He Collected $96,437 in Unemployment Benefits

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that a Cumberland County man was indicted for allegedly stealing a total of $96,437 from New Jersey’s unemployment insurance trust fund.

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Mounting Legislative Effort to Remove New Jersey’s Embattled Corrections Commissioner

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Trenton NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado voiced her strong support for a resolution of impeachment to remove Marcus Hicks from his post as commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections.

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State Senator Corrado Appalled by Murphy’s Confidence in Firm Responsible for Thousands of Overdose Deaths

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced today that New Jersey has entered into a settlement with global consulting firm McKinsey & Company, resolving an investigation into the company’s role in fueling the opioid epidemic by designing aggressive marketing strategies used by some of the nation’s largest opioid manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma.

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Three Correctional Officers Charged in Ongoing Investigation of Inmate Assaults at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

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Trenton NJ,  Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced criminal charges against three suspended correctional police officers for their alleged roles in an incident in which inmates were assaulted and seriously injured at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in the early morning of Jan. 12, 2021.

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