Senator Jim Holzapfel

Ocean County 10th District State Lawmakers are making a push to prevent the TikTok app from being installed on any and all electronic devices issued by the state of New Jersey.

The fight for fairness, funding and transparency continues and enters a new phase as 10th District (Ocean County) Lawmakers have developed a plan to protect Jersey Shore school districts being cut state aid.

Legislation that would relieve taxes on short term rentals imposed by Governor Phil Murphy last year continues to sit on his desk.

Finding solutions to end New Jersey's drug epidemic, enforcing stricter penalties on child porn peddlers, protecting pets from animal cruelty and child safety near school buses were among vocal points Shore Senator Jim Holzapfel made on Ask The Senator this week on WOBM.

A new law signed by Governor Chris Christie May 1 requires the use of native plants to be planted by the New Jersey Department of Transportation when they finish shore road projects.

Continuing efforts to close the legal loopholes that allow animal abuse to fester earns commendations from the New Jersey chapter of the Humane Society for State Senators Jim Holzapfel (R-10) and Tom Kean (R-21), the upper house Republican leader.

Under New Jersey law, leaving a loaded firearm unsecured so that it ends up in a minor's hands is a disorderly-persons charge. Legislation that arose after a Toms River six-year-old was shot by his four-year-old friend is halfway to criminalizing it.

Stacey O'Connor is a music fan as well as a music teacher. Her ability to use the art in teaching her first-grade classes has earned her the 2015 "Excellence in Education" Award, bestowed on the Manchester Township Elementary first-grade teacher by lawmakers in the shore's 10th Legislative District.

Legislation sponsored by Jersey Shore lawmakers, Senator James Holzapfel and Assemblymen Dave Wolfe and Greg McGuckin, requiring mortgage creditors to maintain and pay the expenses of foreclosed homes in retirement communities recently passed the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee.

A case against an Ocean County married couple alleged drug trafficking is prompting state legislators to introduce a bill allowing communication between spouses and civil union of continuing criminal activity to be used as evidence.