Press Releases

Superior Court Judge Peter J. Barnes III, a former state senator and assemblyman from Edison, died last night. Mr. Barnes served in the General Assembly from 2007 to 2014, and in the state senate from 2014 to 2016, when he became a New Jersey...

Last night Somerset County passed a resolution (see attached) that opposes the West Milford and Wantage Compressor Station that Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company plans to build. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company’s proposal includes modification and...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is looking at acquiring an additional 182 acres next to the Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Salem County, NJ. The land is currently privately owned and consists of undeveloped wetlands and marsh. The...

HAMILTON, Today at Mill One, Governor Murphy held a press conference highlighting New Jersey’s program to reclaim, redevelop, and revitalize our brownfield sites. There are two programs that are in the works that will help redevelop brownfield sites...

The NJ Sierra Club responds to Liberty State Park for All Coalition’s quote on DEP’s LSP Ecological Restoration Public Meeting. Executive Director Arnold Stovel stated in an Insider release, “Those who don’t want active recreation in Liberty State...

Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr. (R-21) has announced that he will not seek reelection to the State Senate. Senator Kean served in the NJ General Assembly from 2001 until 2003 and has served as a State Senator since 2003.

According to newly available court documents in a whistle-blower lawsuit against Academy Bus, a former employee claims that the private bus company defrauded NJ Transit since 2003. This is nine years earlier than the accusations made by the lawsuit...

New Jersey State Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-16) has announced that he will not seek reelection to the State Senate. Senator Bateman has served the 16th District in the Legislature since January 1994 when he was elected to the New Jersey...

The NJDEP is holding a virtual meeting on Thursday, January 21st at 6pm regarding the multi-million-dollar investment to restore 234 acres of Liberty State Park’s interior. The plan would use money from the Natural Resources Damages (NRD) fund to...

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-37) has announced her retirement from the state senate at the end of her current term. She has been a New Jersey Senator since 2005 and Senate Majority Leader since 1012. During her time in the NJ...