Steve Sweeney Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy may allow public health emergency to sunset next month

May 14, 2021 4:41 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy will allow the state’s public health emergency to lapse next month if legislation providing his administration with unspecified powers to continue managing the pandemic reaches his desk before mid-June. “Our Administration is working closely with Senate President...

Assembly panel to hear bill ending health care liability protections Monday

May 14, 2021 4:29 pmMay 14, 2021 5:45 pm

The Assembly Health Committee will weigh a bill removing liability protections granted to for-profit health care facilities at the start of the pandemic on Monday after mounting pressure from residents over the legal shield. The bill, originally introduced last August,...

Discussions on ending pandemic health care liability protections just starting, Sweeney says

May 13, 2021 4:14 pm

Lawmakers are beginning to discuss lifting liability protections extended to health care practitioners in the early months of the pandemic, but there doesn’t appear to be an imminent resolution. “We’re just starting to talk about it now,” Senate President Steve...

Murphy executive orders no longer a problem for Sweeney

May 13, 2021 4:00 pm

In late March, Senate President Steve Sweeney suggested the time for rule through executive action had passed, but nearly two months later, his approach has grown conciliatory. “We’re having very strong conversations, very positive conversations with the administration. I think...

Sweeney undecided on raising judicial retirement age

May 13, 2021 3:48 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) is unprepared to back raising the mandatory retirement age for judges. “I haven’t really taken a position on it,” he told the New Jersey Globe Wednesday. “There’s two sides to it. If there’s mandatory...

Senate panel advances bill reforming chiropractor board

May 13, 2021 12:40 pm

The Senate Commerce Community unanimously advanced a bill that would expand the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and bar individuals convicted of a sex offense from being licensed to work in the health care industry. The bill would add two...

Murphy backs continued existence of senatorial courtesy

May 3, 2021 3:12 pmMay 4, 2021 12:48 am

Gov. Phil Murphy supported keeping in place an unwritten Senate rule that allows members to indefinitely block gubernatorial nominees from their home county Monday, backing a measure that has been used to stymie the governor’s own nominations. “I have to...