Top Democrat Joins Debate Over Outside Money in DOEOne of Senator Weinberg's goals, who's paying for what at the Department of Education
- Credit: Amanda BrownSen. Loretta Weinberg
It’s not a typical request from a ranking legislator, but state Sen. Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) doesn’t always follow the beaten path.
Last week, Weinberg announced in a press release that she had filed an Open Public Records Act request to the Christie administration for information on a now-familiar topic: who’s paying for what jobs in the state Department of Education.
The request was largely a repeat of an OPRA request made by one of the administration’s prime antagonists, the Education Law Center of Newark, Weinberg said, and it appeared to raise few new lines of inquiry.
But for Weinberg to jump into the debate was notable. She is the Senate Majority Leader, the second highest