Steve Sweeney Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy non-profit ad response won’t hurt budget talks, Coughlin says

May 23, 2019 5:41 pmMay 24, 2019 9:54 am

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin isn’t worried about his response to an ad boosting a millionaire’s tax run by New Direction New Jersey imperiling the year’s budget negotiations. “I think I was pretty clear in the statement that I think these...

No hard date set for Assembly EDA hearings

May 23, 2019 3:26 pm

No concrete start date has been set for the Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee’s hearings on the Economic Development Authority’s tax incentive programs, committee chair Gordon Johnson told the New Jersey Globe Thursday. “I haven’t got gotten a date...

Sweeney: New Port Authority bus terminal should be named after Loretta Weinberg

May 23, 2019 1:16 pmMay 24, 2019 9:40 am

Senate President Steve Sweeney says a new Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York should be named after Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey released a “scoping document” today that outlines early...

Sweeney picks senators to review EDA tax incentives

May 22, 2019 1:54 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney announced the appointment of seven senators to the Special Committee for Economic Growth that will review tax incentives offered by the New Jersey Economic Development Commission. Sweeney had previously announced State Sen. Bob Smith (D-Piscataway) would...

Verrelli, Reynolds Jackson undecided on millionaire’s tax

May 20, 2019 1:45 pmMay 21, 2019 11:03 am

The 15th legislative district’s Assembly representatives are undecided on the millionaire’s tax being sought by Gov. Phil Murphy. “I’m still working with the leadership right now,” Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds Jackson said. “We haven’t really formalized coming up where we are...

Camden Democrats don’t want Murphy to visit

May 17, 2019 10:40 amMay 17, 2019 11:31 am

Camden Democrats want Gov. Phil Murphy to stay out of their city. Three of them — Mayor Frank Moran, Council President Curtis Jenkins and State Sen. Nilsa Cruz Perez — on Friday said Murphy wasn’t welcome there until he stops...

Steinhardt calls for end to one-party rule in Trenton

May 16, 2019 7:07 pmMay 17, 2019 9:25 am

Republican State Chair Doug Steinhardt on Thursday levied the growing feud between Gov. Phil Murphy and South Jersey power broker George Norcross in a call for voters to break Democrats’ hold on Trenton. “Governor Murphy and Democrat leaders in the...