Ensuring 9-8-8 Mental Health Services Are Available

By Vin Gopal

Our state offers services to people experiencing a mental health crisis, but we need to make sure these services are accessible and that people know how to contact the professionals available to them.

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A Plea to Help Those Who Are Hungry

By Vin Gopal

For many of our neighbors, the traditional Thanksgiving dinner table will be more lean next week than in other years. 

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Our Priorities for the Final Months of the Legislative Session

By Vin Gopal

While the two months between next week’s election and the new state legislative session that starts in January are known as the “lame duck” session, we will be working hard to advance our bill to tighten healthcare laws, protect residents from bullying and exploitation, and help farmers with brewery licenses.

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Utility Bill Assistance and Important Upcoming Dates for LD11 Residents

By Vin Gopal

We are proud to join Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl-Sadovy in bringing local organizations together with LD11 residents at the BPU’s Monmouth County Community Utility Assistance Day on Tuesday, October 28 in Asbury Park.

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Making it Easier for Experienced Teachers to Return to Classrooms

By Vin Gopal

New Jersey has one of the best public education systems in the country.

Like so many other states, however, we face a teacher shortage that threatens to undermine our children’s access to experienced educators.

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Requiring Schools to Provide Instruction on the Labor Movement

By Vin Gopal

The labor movement in America is an important part of our nation’s history.

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Honoring Hometown Heroes Oct. 9

By Vin Gopal

Police, firefighters, members of volunteer Emergency Medical Services organizations, lifeguards; these are the first responders in a crisis. They come without hesitation when residents call for help. 

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Gopal, Donlon and Peterpaul Statement on Contract Agreement Between Between Nurses and Jersey Shore Medical Center Nurses and Jersey Shore Medical Center

Senator Vin Gopal, Assemblywoman Margie Donlon and Assemblywoman Luanne Peterpaul (D-Monmouth) released the following statement on the contract agreement reached by Jersey Shore Medical Center nurses and Hackensack Meridian Health.

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Our Legislation Supporting Preschool Education Becomes Law

By Vin Gopal

Our efforts to make preschool education more accessible to families paid off this summer.

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New Laws Support Healthcare Accessibility, Local Businesses

By Vin Gopal

It is gratifying to report that even as the State Legislature was on its summer break, our sponsored and cosponsored legislation to protect businesses, make affordable healthcare accessible, and protect consumers was becoming the law of the state.

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Gopal, Donlon and Peterpaul Ask DOE to Investigate School Bus Company’s Cancellations at Neptune, County Vo-Tech Schools

TINTON FALLS, NJ - Senator Vin Gopal, Assemblywoman Margie Donlon and Assemblywoman Luanne Peterpaul, D-Monmouth, have requested the state Department of Education investigate the sudden cancellation of bus service by a private company providing transportation to Neptune Township and Monmouth County Vocational schools.

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Legislative District 11 Office Offers Weekly Veterans Office Hours

TINTON FALLS, NJ - Senator Vin Gopal, Assemblywoman Margie Donlon and Assemblywoman Luanne Peterpaul, D-Monmouth, are partnering with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs to hold office hours weekly for veterans who live in Legislative District 11.

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Senator Gopal, Assemblywoman Donlon, and Assemblywoman Peterpaul Announce Sept. 16 PAS-1 Workshop in Ocean

TINTON FALLS - Senator Vin Gopal, Assemblywoman Margie Donlon and Assemblywoman Luanne Peterpaul, D-Monmouth, today announced a workshop on how to file for the state’s three property tax relief programs on September 16, 2025 in Ocean Township.

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