Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by our media partner NJ Spotlight. In the 2007 legislative election, Democrats in the 32nd District garnered four times the number of votes as Republicans. Last spring’s redistricting probably won’t affect voting trends, but it did change the composition of the 37th. The new 37th came about at [...]
A bill that would require any person arrested on suspicion he or she committed a violent crime in New Jersey to provide a sample of their DNA to the police has become law. The law is touted by its sponsors — including Hudson County Assembly members Joan Quigley and Vincent Prieto — as a tool [...]
A bill that would require any person arrested on suspicion he or she committed a violent crime in New Jersey to provide a sample of their DNA to the police was cleared today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee. The proposal, which is sponsored by Hudson County Assembly members Joan Quigley and Vincent [...]
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A handful of candidates filed petitions this week to run in the June 7 primary election for state legislative, county executive, county freeholder and county register positions. As we’ve reported, there’s an open Assembly seat in the 33rd District, after Joan Quigley decided not to run for the newly reconfigured district. Sean Connors is the [...]
It’s official: Jersey City Board of Education trustee Sean Connors is running to represent the 33rd District in the state Assembly. Connors will hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon at Rita and Joe’s in Jersey City to discuss his entrance to the race. Last week, Assemblywoman Joan Quigley announced that she was not going to [...]
- Connors to Run in 33rd? Anonymous inside sources say that Jersey City Board of Education member Sean Connors is the compromise candidate for the 33rd District, whose crowning as candidate forced Assemblywoman Joan Quigley to step aside. – JC Man Charged in March Murder: A 20-year-old Jersey City man has been charged with the [...]
Jersey City Assemblywoman Joan Quigley this morning announced that she won’t be seeking re-election after being moved from the 32nd District to the 33rd by the recent redistricting process. “It is with disappointment and a bit of relief that I tell you I will not seek the Assembly seat in District 33,” Quigley says in [...]
The administration of Gov. Chris Christie announced today that it hopes to get rid of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ) program, a move critics have already cast as depriving business development programs in poorer urban areas like Jersey City from much needed funds for their operation and continued employment of thousands of employees. “It’s important [...]
Any person arrested on suspicion he or she committed a violent crime in New Jersey would be required to provide a sample of their DNA to the police, under a proposal currently being considered in Trenton. But not everyone is on board with the idea.
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