‘Aid in dying’ bill passes Assembly following last-minute debate
TRENTON – Following a last minute push to gardener the votes needed to pass, the General Assembly today approved A2270, a bill that allows terminally ill patients to end their lives by obtaining and self-administering lethal doses of medication from a doctor. (Brush/PolitickerNJ)
http://politickernj.com/2014/11/assisted-suicide-bill-passes-assembly-following-last-minute-debate/
Assembly passes Port Authority Reform package, now on to guv’s desk
TRENTON – The legislative package aimed at reforming an embattled Port Authority cleared its final hurdle today, when it passed the General Assembly 74-0-1. (Brush/PolitickerNJ)
http://politickernj.com/2014/11/assembly-passes-port-authority-reform-package-now-on-to-guvs-desk/
Wilson on LD5 Senate opening: ‘I’m interested’
TRENTON – State Assemblyman Gilbert “Whip” Wilson (D-5) said that he wouldn’t mind filling the state Legislative District 5 gap created by the recent victory of incumbent State Sen. Donald Norcross (D-5) in New Jersey’s First Congressional District race. (Bonamo/PolitickerNJ)
http://politickernj.com/2014/11/wilson-on-ld-5-senate-opening-im-interested/
Ruiz ‘150 K percent’ behind Pintor Marin, Spencer in potential 2015 LD29 primary
TRENTON – State Sen. M. Teresa Ruiz (D-29) made it clear that if there is a primary challenge in her 29th Legislative District in 2015, she will stand firmly behind her legislative colleagues, Democratic Assemblywomen Eliana Pintor Marin and L. Grace Spencer. (Bonamo/PolitickerNJ)
N.J. college students would no longer be required to buy meal plans under bill passed by Assembly
TRENTON — New Jersey’s colleges and universities would be banned from forcing students to purchase meal plans under a bill passed by the state Assembly today. (Friedman/NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Supporters of N.J. pig bill presenting Chris Christie’s office with 125,000 signatures today
WOODBRIDGE — Twin sisters living in New Jersey hope to deliver 125,000 signatures to Gov. Chris Christie today collected from people urging him to sign into law a controversial pig bill with presidential implications. (Arco/NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)
Healthcare enrollment push in North Jersey gets a personal touch
Round 2 of President Obama’s health care overhaul starts on Saturday as the three-month enrollment period for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act begins. This year, health insurance is going retail. (Washburn/The Bergen Record)
Bogota mayor-elect pledges to end political infighting
BOGOTA — Voters’ demands for an efficient government and tax relief in the borough will come when there is unity on the governing body, said Chris Kelemen, who took a ceremonial oath of office as mayor Thursday night. (Morrison/The Bergen Record)
http://www.northjersey.com/news/bogota-mayor-elect-pledges-to-end-political-infighting-1.1133234
‘Sopranos’ Family gets together as James Gandolfini is inducted into NJ Hall of Fame
“God bless Jimmy.” (Rohan/The Bergen Record)
Sheridans’ son was charged with cocaine possession after deaths
SKILLMAN, N.J. – Hours after Cooper Health System CEO John Sheridan and his wife, Joyce, were pulled from their fire-ravaged bedroom and pronounced dead Sept. 28, one of the couple’s sons was arrested for cocaine possession, police records show. (Staff/Philadelphia Inquirer)
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20141113_Sheridans__son_was_arrested_for_cocaine_after_deaths.html
