Declan O'Scanlon

The way things currently stand is that police can face 3rd degree criminal charges for depravation of civil rights if they initiate that type of investigation or detain a minor on that offense, under the new guidelines.

How soon will it be until Indoor Dining capacity can go up? Why is New Jersey so far behind other states in Covid planning and recovery? How will the Jersey Shore recover from the pandemic?

The New Jersey Senate Republican caucus have sent a letter to Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin asking them to schedule votes in both houses of the Legislature as they hope to override a bill Governor Phil Murphy vetoed which would help save New Jersey’s struggling restaurant industry.

Police union says ticket quotas are real and implemented through performance evaluations. A Senate bill would bar them.

New Jersey stopping allowing red-light cameras in 2014. A bill would block the MVC from sharing driver information to process tickets from other states.

Legislators from across the political spectrum say it's time - or past time - for the state to commit to dates for reopening businesses ordered to close.

On Monday, Monmouth County State Senator Declan O’Scanlon, Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso, and Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger expressed their concerns at the actions taken by the New Jersey Judicial and Executive branches of government with regard to the temporary release of prisoners.

Legislation sponsored by Monmouth County State Senator Declan O'Scanlon (R) to allow seniors to downsize their homes without jeopardizing property tax reimbursements has been approved by the NJ Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee.

Patients not in a long-term care facility, with a developmental disability, terminally ill or housebound would still need in-person doctor visit first.

Monmouth County Senator Declan O'Scanlon's legislation that would protect vulnerable senior citizens and people with disabilities from falling prey to theft scams, has passed the New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety Committee.

A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.