Steve Sweeney Archives

Murphy not worried about backup on Senate confirmations

July 19, 2021 5:06 pmJuly 19, 2021 5:26 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy is not overly concerned about 127 nominations being backlogged, just before the November election. “I think we’ve made a lot of good progress particularly over the past six to 12 months,” he said at his weekly press...

More than 100 nominees await confirmation to state posts with little hope of votes before November

July 16, 2021 3:50 pm

More than 100 nominees to a slew of state boards, commissions, authorities and other panels are awaiting confirmation that won’t come until after November’s general election, and an overwhelming majority will likely wait far longer. The nominees themselves range widely...

NJEA backs Murphy, Sweeney for re-election

July 14, 2021 12:24 pmJuly 14, 2021 3:10 pm

The New Jersey Education Association has endorsed Gov. Phil Murphy for re-election, and is backing Senate President Steve Sweeney for re-election to his seat four years after the union spent over $5 million in a bid to take him out...

Rabner gives legislative redistricting commission one month to submit possible tiebreaker candidates

July 9, 2021 9:33 amJuly 9, 2021 9:39 am

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner has asked Democrats and Republicans to submit a list of candidates to serve as the eleventh member of the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission by August 10. That puts the selection process for legislative and congressional...

Stanfield wants Kuhn to come before Senate

July 8, 2021 6:04 pmJuly 9, 2021 9:48 am

After Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks was forced out of his position over violent cell extractions conducted in the dead of night at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, Victoria Kuhn, his chief of staff, took helm of the agency. But her...

Heading into re-election, nearly a third of Murphy’s cabinet is unconfirmed or departing

July 8, 2021 1:04 pmJuly 17, 2021 6:31 pm

Nearly a third of Gov. Phil Murphy’s cabinet members intend to leave the administration or are in their positions on an acting basis, with some awaiting confirmation and others awaiting the nomination of a permanent agency head. Press play to...

Murphy appears to commit to repeating Wainer Apter nomination given need and re-election win

July 7, 2021 2:46 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy appeared to commit to renominating Rachel Wainer Apter to the New Jersey Supreme Court if she is not confirmed by the State Senate and he wins a second term Wednesday. “I have been, I continue to be...