Joe Lagana Archives - New Jersey Globe

O’Toole re-elected Port Authority chairman

February 13, 2020 1:15 pm

Kevin O’Toole was re-elected to another term as chairman the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, leaving the former Republican senator at the helm of the powerful bi-state agency two years into Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s term. Murphy...

Codey: Lagana shouldn’t lose committee assignments over vaccine vote

January 22, 2020 1:46 pm

Former Gov. Dick Codey said Senate President Steve Sweeney was wrong to pull State Sen. Joe Lagana from the Senate Judiciary Committee over Lagana’s opposition to a bill eliminating the religious exemption for vaccinations. “What happened last week to Senator...

Murphy signs bill barring gay panic defense

January 21, 2020 11:33 amJanuary 21, 2020 12:20 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill banning gay or trans panic defenses for homicide charges Tuesday. “Gay and trans panic defenses are rooted in homophobia and abhorrent excuses that should never be used to justify violence against vulnerable populations,” the...

Senate President Steve Sweeney appears to have the votes for marijuana decriminalization.

Lawmakers to vote on amended vaccine bill Monday

January 9, 2020 6:10 pm

Lawmakers in the State Senate on Thursday amended a controversial bill eliminating a religious exemption for vaccinations in an effort to secure a 21st vote needed to pass the measure. The Senate voted 18-15 in favor of an amendment creating...

Sweeney: Vaccine bill will return when I have the votes

January 9, 2020 12:55 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney said he intends to post a bill eliminating a religious exemption for vaccinations as soon as he has enough votes to pass it. “When I get enough votes, I’ll be putting it up for a vote,”...

Vaccine bill stalls in Senate

December 16, 2019 9:56 pmDecember 16, 2019 10:03 pm

A bill eliminating religious exemptions for vaccination stalled in the Senate Monday after Democrats in the chamber failed to whip enough votes to pass that bill. “We’ll hear it another day because we were short a little bit,” State Sen....

Lagana, Stack back marijuana decriminalization

December 3, 2019 10:00 amDecember 3, 2019 2:19 pm

State Sens. Joe Lagana and Brian Stack will back marijuana decriminalization. According to a New Jersey Globe tally, that brings the number of state senators who opposed legalization but are backing decriminalization up to nine. State Sens. Declan O’Scanlon, Robert...