Joe Lagana Archives - New Jersey Globe

Senate panel approves bill extending additional unemployment benefits

December 15, 2020 2:51 pm

A Senate panel unanimously approved a measure that would extend additional unemployment insurance benefits for an additional eight weeks and allow a job-sharing furlough program to continue Tuesday. “With Congress still negotiating a new stimulus bill and unemployment benefits starting...

Vitale still backing bill to eliminate vaccine religious exemptions

December 9, 2020 12:13 pmDecember 9, 2020 1:12 pm

State Sen. Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge) hasn’t abandoned a bill that would eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations, but the measure still doesn’t appear to have the support needed to pass a vote in the legislature’s upper chamber. “Still happy to have...

Gottheimer wants NJ lawmakers to kill financial transaction tax proposal

October 20, 2020 11:32 amOctober 20, 2020 2:07 pm

Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) became the most prominent New Jersey Democrat to advocate against a proposed tax on financial transactions Tuesday. Gottheimer, a two-term moderate who is seeking re-election, cautioned a proposal backed by Democratic leaders in Trenton that would...

Four more N.J. House members endorse Joe Biden

March 11, 2020 7:00 amMarch 11, 2020 3:37 pm

Four more New Jersey House members – Reps. Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson), Donald Norcross (D-Camden), Josh Gottheimer (D-Wyckoff) and Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) – have endorsed Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination. That brings the total number of congressional endorsements for...

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...