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Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney (R-LD40) met with teachers at the Passaic County Education Association Annual Legislative Dinner. The discussion with the teachers’ union ranged from state employee pension and healthcare reform to the educators’ concerns over the number and value of standardized testing, particularly the PARCC tests. Assemblyman Rooney entertained questions about school funding reform and […]

Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney (R-LD40) is urging legislative leaders on both sides of the political aisle to pick up the challenge issued Tuesday by Gov. Chris Christie to work out a plan for fair school funding within the next 100 days. Rooney said he hopes the governor’s push on the school funding issue will finally […]

Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney (R-LD40) issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court: “In Neil Gorsuch President Trump has made and outstandingly qualified nomination to become a justice of the United States Supreme Court. “Judge Gorsuch is a man of tremendous intellect and legal scholarship who, […]

Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney (R-LD40) said he would be working with his legislative colleagues and local officials to create a smooth transition for the relocation of Valley Hospital in Ridgewood to its proposed new home in Paramus. Rooney said that the $735 million investment in a new hospital is good for the regional economy and […]