In The News
Feb 23, 2016
| Roll Call
It’s ‘The Payne Report’ — Radio From Rutgers
Issues: Local Issues
Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-N.J., has launched a new radio show, created to find connections between hip-hop and government.
Feb 23, 2016
| NJ.com
Mayors head to Washington, D.C. to push for Rahway River Flood Protection Plan
Issues: Local Issues
Congressman Payne, Congressman Lance, Senator Corey Booker and Senator Robert Menendez gave early assurances that federal funding of the full mitigation study is one of their highest priorities.
Feb 23, 2016
| NJBIZ
Federally qualified health center opens in Newark
Issues: Health Care
A new federally qualified health center opened in Newark in place of a medical center which was shut down in 2008.
Feb 23, 2016
| Brick City Live
Congressman Donald Payne, Jr. to host monthly forum on “All Politics Are Local” radio show
Issues: Local Issues
Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (New Jersey, 10th district) will host a monthly forum on the “All Politics Are Local” radio show own WRNU Rutgers Radio in Newark starting Friday, starting February 5th.
Feb 23, 2016
| The Bergen Dispatch
Sens. Booker, Menendez, Federal Lawmakers Urge FEMA to Address New Jersey’s Declining Homeland Security Funding
Issues: National Security
New Jersey lawmakers expressed concern regarding the continued decline in Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) funding for New Jersey.
Feb 2, 2016
| NJ.com
Lawmakers ask: Where is N.J.'s homeland security money?
Issues: National Security
A bipartisan group of New Jersey's federal lawmakers have asked the Homeland Security Department to explain why the state's federal grants are shrinking.
Feb 2, 2016
| NJ.com
Newark health center opens to serve residents affected by hospital's closure
Issues: Health Care
Nearly eight years since Newark's Saint James Hospital was shut down, elected officials gathered on Monday to celebrate the opening of a new health center designed to serve residents affected by the hospital's closure.
Feb 2, 2016
| PolitickerNJ
Lawmakers from All Levels Rally around St. James Health Center Opening
Issues: Health Care
Democratic lawmakers this morning cut the ribbon on a new federally qualified health center that will expand health services in the Ironbound neighborhood thanks in part to $600,000 in Affordable Care Act (ACA) dollars.
Feb 1, 2016
| NJTV
Debate Continues Over Planned Parenthood Funding
Advocates took aim at the upcoming congressional vote to cut federal funding for women’s reproductive health.
Feb 1, 2016
| The Jersey Journal
Donald Payne Jr. speaks at Temple Beth-El Martin Luther King Jr. service
Speaking to a crowd of people of varying religious and racial backgrounds Friday night, Rep. Donald Payne called for more interaction and dialogue between the Jewish and African-American communities.
