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Early in the pandemic, Gov. Murphy got a lot less attention than New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, even as the states went through the same crisis. While Murphy’s approval rating shot up at home, he didn’t get the kind of national attention that Cuomo has.
N.J. legislators, civil rights leaders call for task force on reparations over slavery
Updated Feb 27, 2021;
New Jersey legislators, including several members of the state’s Legislative Black Caucus, are once again calling for the passage of a bill (S322/A711) that would create a task force to explore reparations over slavery.
In a Zoom meeting, attended Thursday by several prominent religious leaders and heads of statewide civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the New Jersey Institute For Social Justice, legislators called for the formation of a reparations task force, which they said is necessary and long overdue to address systemic racism.
Grewal is now N.J.’s longest-serving attorney general in a quarter century. Here’s how it’s going.
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
Posted Jan 19, 2021
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It’s been more than a quarter century since a New Jersey attorney general stayed this long.
Gurbir Grewal has been the state’s top law enforcement leader for three years as of Saturday, the first to hit that mark since the early 1990s.
His historic appointment he’s the nation’s first Sikh attorney general was followed by one of the most challenging periods for law enforcement in modern history, defined by nationwide protests, a global pandemic and a mob attack incited by the country’s commander in chief.