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| Senator Turner's News Release Archive |
| A complete archive of Senator Turner's Press Releases is available at: NJ Senate 1.) Click on "News" 2.) Click on News Release Archive 3.) Scroll Down and Click on Sen. Shirley K. Turner |
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2010, PAID FOR BY THE ELECTION FUND OF SHIRLEY K. TURNER
Shirley K. Turner
12/28/2009 Turner: This New Year, Resolve To Protect Your
Credit From Identity Thieves - TRENTON – In light of
December being “Identity Theft Awareness Month,” as well as
a recent news story about a credit counselor being charged
with ide...
12/10/2009 Turner-Sacco 'Animal House' Legislation
Receives Final Legislative Approval - TRENTON – A bill
sponsored by Senators Shirley K. Turner and Nicholas J.
Sacco which would extend New Jersey’s "Animal House” law
to allow municipali...
12/7/2009 Turner Bill Would Allow Payment Options For
Municipal Court Penalties - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by
Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) that would allow a municipal
court to impose an alternative option in lieu of immediate ...
12/7/2009 Turner ‘Animal House’ Legislation Approved In
Assembly - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Shirley
K. Turner which would extend New Jersey’s “Animal House”
law to allow municipalities to request that la...
12/4/2009 Turner Motor Vehicle Surcharge Amnesty Bill
Approved In Assembly Committee - TRENTON – A bill
sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner which would
establish a 60-day grace period for drivers with outstanding
motor vehicle surcha...
12/3/2009 Assembly Panel Greenlights Turner, Codey Bill
Creating Task Force To Curb Underage And Binge Drinking -
TRENTON -- The Assembly Education Committee today
approved legislation sponsored by Senate Education
Chairwoman Shirley Turner and Senate President R...
11/23/2009 Turner Bill On Interdistrict Public School Choice
Approved By Education Committee - TRENTON – A bill
sponsored by Sen. Shirley Turner to create a permanent
interdistrict public school choice program that establish
choice districts th...
10/8/2009 Turner Statement On Horizon-Capital Health
Agreement - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, issued the following statement today on the
announcement of an agreement between Horizon Blue
Cross Bl...
10/2/2009 Turner Bill To Enhance Diabetes Care For
Students In Public Schools Signed Into Law - TRENTON – A
bill sponsored by Senate Education Committee
Chairwoman, Senator Shirley K. Turner, which will enhance
diabetes care for public school st...
9/1/2009 Turner Calls On DCA To Help Hold The Line On
Rents - TRENTON – Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) today
sent a letter to the acting commissioner of the Department of
Community Affairs to help hold the line ...
8/27/2009 Rice/Turner Measure To Create ‘Law Enforcement
Professional Standards Act Of 2009’ Is Now Law - TRENTON
– A measure sponsored by Senators Ronald L. Rice and
Shirley K. Turner, which creates the Office of Law
Enforcement Professional Standards wi...
8/19/2009 Turner Once Again Urges Horizon, Capital Health
To End Stalemate - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, issued the following statement today urging Horizon
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Capital H...
8/14/2009 Turner Urges Horizon, Hospital, To Continue
Negotiations - TRENTON – Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer)
today urged Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
and Capital Health’s Fuld Hospital to continue neg...
8/13/2009 Turner: Colleges Which Violated Budget
Guidelines Should Have Federal Stimulus Funding
Rescinded - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, today delivered a letter to State Treasurer David
Rousseau, calling upon him to review whether Ramapo ...
8/7/2009 Turner Statement On Ramapo College Fee
Increase - TRENTON – The Ramapo College Board of
Trustees voted unanimously today to approve a student
capital improvement fee of $164 per semester. This will r...
7/6/2009 Senator Turner Announces District Office Furlough
Schedule For July - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner
today announced that her district office would be closed for
business on Monday, July 13 in order to fulfill the ...
6/26/2009 Rice/Turner Measure To Create ‘Law Enforcement
Professional Standards Act Of 2009’ Clears Senate -
TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Ronald L.
Rice and Shirley K. Turner, which would create an Office of
Law Enforcement Professional Standard...
6/25/2009 Senate OK'S Turner Bill On ATV Use - TRENTON -
The state would have to find sites for the legal operation of
snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles under terms of a bill
approved to...
6/25/2009 Turner Motor Vehicle Surcharge Amnesty Bill
Advances - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Shirley
K. Turner which would establish a 60-day grace period for
drivers with outstanding motor vehicle surcha...
6/18/2009 Weinberg-Turner Measure To Expand Primary
Care Provider Loan Redemption Program Received Final
Legislative Approval - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by
Senators Loretta Weinberg and Shirley K. Turner which
would make changes to the “Primary Care Practitioner Loan
Redempt...
6/8/2009 Turner Statement On Tragic Death Of Trenton Teen
Over Weekend - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, issued the following statement in response to the
tragic death of a 13-year-old Trenton girl in a driv...
5/21/2009 Codey, Turner Bill Creating Taskforce To Curb
Underage & Binge Drinking Passes Senate - TRENTON –
The full Senate today unanimously approved legislation
sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and
Senate Education Chairwoman Shirl...
5/18/2009 Turner Bill Would Give Consumers More
Information On Colleges - A bill sponsored by Sen. Shirley
Turner (D-Mercer) that would require all four-year colleges in
New Jersey to provide more comprehensive information ...
5/14/2009 Turner, Gordon, Stack Bills Regulating ^ATV Use
Clear Environment Committee - A pair of bills that would
regulate the operation of snowmobiles and all-terrain
vehicles and designate sites in New Jersey for ATV and off-
road vehi...
3/17/2009 Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee Holds
First Public Hearing In Camden - CAMDEN - The Senate
Budget and Appropriations Committee today held its first
Fiscal Year 2010 public hearing at Rutgers Camden Law
School. Present we...
3/16/2009 Turner-Ruiz Bill To Establish Pilot Program To
Recruit More Math And Science Teachers Approved By
Senate - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Education
Committee Chairwoman, Senator Shirley K. Turner, and
Committee Vice Chair, Senator Teresa Ruiz, which ...
2/4/2009 Turner Calls For Closing Of Loophole On
Background Checks Of Volunteers In New Jersey Schools -
TRENTON – Citing a horrific incident in which a volunteer
basketball coach raped a 7-year-old girl he supervised at
Grove Street Elementary School in...
1/26/2009 Codey/Turner Bill Creating Task Force To Curb
Underage Drinking Clears First Hurdle - TRENTON – The
Senate Education Committee today approved legislation
sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and
Senate Education Chairwoman Sh...
Credit From Identity Thieves - TRENTON – In light of
December being “Identity Theft Awareness Month,” as well as
a recent news story about a credit counselor being charged
with ide...
12/10/2009 Turner-Sacco 'Animal House' Legislation
Receives Final Legislative Approval - TRENTON – A bill
sponsored by Senators Shirley K. Turner and Nicholas J.
Sacco which would extend New Jersey’s "Animal House” law
to allow municipali...
12/7/2009 Turner Bill Would Allow Payment Options For
Municipal Court Penalties - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by
Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) that would allow a municipal
court to impose an alternative option in lieu of immediate ...
12/7/2009 Turner ‘Animal House’ Legislation Approved In
Assembly - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Shirley
K. Turner which would extend New Jersey’s “Animal House”
law to allow municipalities to request that la...
12/4/2009 Turner Motor Vehicle Surcharge Amnesty Bill
Approved In Assembly Committee - TRENTON – A bill
sponsored by Senator Shirley K. Turner which would
establish a 60-day grace period for drivers with outstanding
motor vehicle surcha...
12/3/2009 Assembly Panel Greenlights Turner, Codey Bill
Creating Task Force To Curb Underage And Binge Drinking -
TRENTON -- The Assembly Education Committee today
approved legislation sponsored by Senate Education
Chairwoman Shirley Turner and Senate President R...
11/23/2009 Turner Bill On Interdistrict Public School Choice
Approved By Education Committee - TRENTON – A bill
sponsored by Sen. Shirley Turner to create a permanent
interdistrict public school choice program that establish
choice districts th...
10/8/2009 Turner Statement On Horizon-Capital Health
Agreement - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, issued the following statement today on the
announcement of an agreement between Horizon Blue
Cross Bl...
10/2/2009 Turner Bill To Enhance Diabetes Care For
Students In Public Schools Signed Into Law - TRENTON – A
bill sponsored by Senate Education Committee
Chairwoman, Senator Shirley K. Turner, which will enhance
diabetes care for public school st...
9/1/2009 Turner Calls On DCA To Help Hold The Line On
Rents - TRENTON – Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) today
sent a letter to the acting commissioner of the Department of
Community Affairs to help hold the line ...
8/27/2009 Rice/Turner Measure To Create ‘Law Enforcement
Professional Standards Act Of 2009’ Is Now Law - TRENTON
– A measure sponsored by Senators Ronald L. Rice and
Shirley K. Turner, which creates the Office of Law
Enforcement Professional Standards wi...
8/19/2009 Turner Once Again Urges Horizon, Capital Health
To End Stalemate - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, issued the following statement today urging Horizon
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey and Capital H...
8/14/2009 Turner Urges Horizon, Hospital, To Continue
Negotiations - TRENTON – Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer)
today urged Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
and Capital Health’s Fuld Hospital to continue neg...
8/13/2009 Turner: Colleges Which Violated Budget
Guidelines Should Have Federal Stimulus Funding
Rescinded - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, today delivered a letter to State Treasurer David
Rousseau, calling upon him to review whether Ramapo ...
8/7/2009 Turner Statement On Ramapo College Fee
Increase - TRENTON – The Ramapo College Board of
Trustees voted unanimously today to approve a student
capital improvement fee of $164 per semester. This will r...
7/6/2009 Senator Turner Announces District Office Furlough
Schedule For July - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner
today announced that her district office would be closed for
business on Monday, July 13 in order to fulfill the ...
6/26/2009 Rice/Turner Measure To Create ‘Law Enforcement
Professional Standards Act Of 2009’ Clears Senate -
TRENTON – A measure sponsored by Senators Ronald L.
Rice and Shirley K. Turner, which would create an Office of
Law Enforcement Professional Standard...
6/25/2009 Senate OK'S Turner Bill On ATV Use - TRENTON -
The state would have to find sites for the legal operation of
snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles under terms of a bill
approved to...
6/25/2009 Turner Motor Vehicle Surcharge Amnesty Bill
Advances - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senator Shirley
K. Turner which would establish a 60-day grace period for
drivers with outstanding motor vehicle surcha...
6/18/2009 Weinberg-Turner Measure To Expand Primary
Care Provider Loan Redemption Program Received Final
Legislative Approval - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by
Senators Loretta Weinberg and Shirley K. Turner which
would make changes to the “Primary Care Practitioner Loan
Redempt...
6/8/2009 Turner Statement On Tragic Death Of Trenton Teen
Over Weekend - TRENTON – Senator Shirley K. Turner, D-
Mercer, issued the following statement in response to the
tragic death of a 13-year-old Trenton girl in a driv...
5/21/2009 Codey, Turner Bill Creating Taskforce To Curb
Underage & Binge Drinking Passes Senate - TRENTON –
The full Senate today unanimously approved legislation
sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and
Senate Education Chairwoman Shirl...
5/18/2009 Turner Bill Would Give Consumers More
Information On Colleges - A bill sponsored by Sen. Shirley
Turner (D-Mercer) that would require all four-year colleges in
New Jersey to provide more comprehensive information ...
5/14/2009 Turner, Gordon, Stack Bills Regulating ^ATV Use
Clear Environment Committee - A pair of bills that would
regulate the operation of snowmobiles and all-terrain
vehicles and designate sites in New Jersey for ATV and off-
road vehi...
3/17/2009 Senate Budget & Appropriations Committee Holds
First Public Hearing In Camden - CAMDEN - The Senate
Budget and Appropriations Committee today held its first
Fiscal Year 2010 public hearing at Rutgers Camden Law
School. Present we...
3/16/2009 Turner-Ruiz Bill To Establish Pilot Program To
Recruit More Math And Science Teachers Approved By
Senate - TRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senate Education
Committee Chairwoman, Senator Shirley K. Turner, and
Committee Vice Chair, Senator Teresa Ruiz, which ...
2/4/2009 Turner Calls For Closing Of Loophole On
Background Checks Of Volunteers In New Jersey Schools -
TRENTON – Citing a horrific incident in which a volunteer
basketball coach raped a 7-year-old girl he supervised at
Grove Street Elementary School in...
1/26/2009 Codey/Turner Bill Creating Task Force To Curb
Underage Drinking Clears First Hurdle - TRENTON – The
Senate Education Committee today approved legislation
sponsored by Senate President Richard J. Codey and
Senate Education Chairwoman Sh...
2009 Press Releases |