BY: NIKITA BIRYUKOV – DECEMBER 26, 2022 7:00 AM   This week marks the end of Senate President Nicholas Scutari’s first year at the helm of the upper chamber, and members of both parties say they are satisfied with his performance as the state’s most powerful legislator. Scutari, an attorney and former municipal prosecutor who first joined the…Read More >>

SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ — Before a large contingent from the group Moms Demand Action and other “common-sense” gun law advocates, NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill strengthening the concealed carry gun laws in the state at the Scotch Plains Library on Thursday, Dec. 22. The occasion brought together a number of New Jersey’s most powerful…Read More >>

By David Wildstein, December 14 2022 7:51 pm Joseph C. Bodek, the longtime Linden City Clerk, was elected to the Union County Board of Commissioners this evening to replace Christopher Hudak, who resigned to become the Union County Surrogate. Bodek, who had the backing of Senate President and Union County Democratic Chairman Nicholas Scutari and Linden Mayor Derek…Read More >>

  (LINDEN) Union County Democratic Chairman and New Jersey State Senate President Nick Scutari celebrated Democratic victories across Union County in a statement after Election Day vote-by-mail tallies delivered a clearer picture of Democratic success in 2022. “We’re thrilled to have picked up additional seats locally in Berkeley Heights and Cranford, to have defended seats…Read More >>