Jon Corzine Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kean says he regrets 2010 vote against gay marriage

June 30, 2020 11:00 amJune 30, 2020 12:37 pm

Senate Minority Leader Thomas Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) says he regrets his vote against legalizing gay marriage in New Jersey when it came up for a vote in the State Senate in 2010. “I was wrong in my vote when the...

Weinberg backs Juliano nomination to Horizon board

June 14, 2020 5:01 pm

Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg has endorsed Paul Juliano for a seat on the board of directors of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. “I’m completely supportive of my friend and Bergen County colleague Paul Juliano joining the Horizon...

Webber wants Murphy to get himself charged with executive order violation

June 12, 2020 6:08 pmJune 12, 2020 9:24 pm

Assemblyman Jay Webber wants to get Gov. Phil Murphy charged with an executive order violation. “Governor Murphy has placed himself above and beyond his own law, sabotaging his own moral authority,” Webber said. “Is it any wonder then that desperate...

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N.J. Supreme Court: The McGreevey and Corzine Courts

June 7, 2020 10:11 pmJune 7, 2020 11:20 pm

Gov. Christine Todd Whitman resigned in February 2001 to join President George W. Bush’s cabinet as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Senate President Donald DiFrancesco succeeded her as governor, but no seats on the New Jersey Supreme Court...

Murphy’s announcement is good news for Fernandez-Vina

June 5, 2020 11:05 am

Gov. Phil Murphy today effectively announced his intention to renominate Faustino J. Fernandez-Vina for another term on the New Jersey Supreme Court when his seat comes up on November 13. In his announcement that he is nominating Fabiana Pierre-Louis to...

Veterans: 17 New Jersey governors

May 25, 2020 12:03 amMay 25, 2020 12:11 am

Seventeen of New Jersey’s 56 governors have served in the U.S. military. The last was Jon Corzine, who was in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve from 1969 to 1975. The first governor of New Jersey, William Livingston, was a Brigadier...

New package planned for Port Authority nominations

May 21, 2020 5:31 pmMay 21, 2020 5:35 pm

Another deal is in the works for Gov. Phil Murphy to make his first appointments to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners, the New Jersey Globe has learned. The package will include a commitment...