A Task Force to Improve Student Literacy
By Vin Gopal
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a critical need to ensure that every student is learning at their grade level and is able to access all the resources to help them succeed.
Read morePens, Backpacks, and Mental Health Services - It’s a New School Year
By Vin Gopal
As children and families prepare to start a new school year, the Legislative District 11 office continues to look for innovative ways of ensuring that students have the tools they need for success, including access to mental health services.
Read moreOur First-Responder Bills Gain Bipartisan Support
By Vin Gopal
Our efforts to increase recruitment of volunteer first responders have been gaining bipartisan support in Trenton.
Read moreOur First-Responder Bills Gain Bipartisan Support
Our efforts to increase recruitment of volunteer first responders have been gaining bipartisan support in Trenton.
Read moreCracking Down on Crime
By Vin Gopal
The Senate passed legislation to establish separate offenses of home invasion burglary and residential burglary. As a prime sponsor of this bill, it’s gratifying to report that it had bipartisan support and passed the Senate 36 to 1.
Read moreAddressing the Crisis of Rising Drug Prices
By Vin Gopal
My Legislative District 11 partners, Assemblywomen Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul, and I have joined other state lawmakers and independent pharmacists to address the impact of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) on rising drug prices.
Read moreExpanding Pre-K Availability Through Public-Private Partnerships
By Vin Gopal
To give our kids the best future possible, we need to put them on the right road to learning as early as possible.
Read moreMaintaining the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Prescribing Medications
By Vin Gopal
Getting the right medications to people who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness in a timely fashion is critical to effective treatment.
Read moreRestoring State Aid to Public Schools
It is gratifying to report that the Governor has signed our legislation restoring $44.7 million in state aid to local school districts.
Read moreEstablishing Sustainable Funding for Public Health Departments
By Vin Gopal
Local health departments are critical to the wellbeing of communities.
We saw the important role local health departments played in maintaining community health during the pandemic, when they provided information about the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to residents and helped track the spread of the virus. Yet, there currently is no sustainable source of funding for them from year to year.
Read morePioneering Cancer Treatment Should be Available to All
By Vin Gopal
We are sponsoring legislation to ensure that insurance coverage keeps pace with an important innovation in cancer treatment.
Read moreComing Together to Support Individuals with Autism in April
By Vin Gopal
April is Autism Awareness Month and we ask all LD11 residents to be mindful of how they can help make our communities be more inclusive for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
Read moreMarch Events Show Power of Unity and Community
By Vin Gopal
Our Legislative District 11 office celebrated Women’s History Month, Irish-American Heritage Month, and Greek Independence Day this month and I couldn’t help but think of how these three seemingly very different groups have something very important in common.
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