Steve Sweeney Archives - Page 147 of 148

Stack is new Senate Oversight chairman

January 13, 2018 12:39 am

State Sen. Brian Stack (D-Hudson) has been named Chairman of the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee. Senate President Steve Sweeney picked the influential Hudson County Democrat to replace Bob Gordon (D-Bergen), who now chairs the Senate Transportation Committee. Stack is also...

Judiciary shrinks to 11 members

January 12, 2018 11:35 pm

The Senate Judiciary Committee will have two less members this year, with Senate President Steve Sweeney and Minority Leader Tom Kean agreeing not to fill the seats of two Senators who did not seek re-election. The powerful panel, which must...

Murphy stalls on Education Commissioner pick

January 11, 2018 8:52 am

Gov.-elect Phil Murphy still hasn’t named his Commissioner of Education, a pick that will likely create a problem for him – either with the State Senate President or the state’s largest teacher’s union. It’s a tough spot for the incoming...

Murphy taps Deputy COS with ties to Sweeney, Codey

January 10, 2018 3:28 am

Gov. Phil Murphy has named Lynn Haynes, a lobbyist and former aide to Senate President Steve Sweeney, as his Deputy Chief of Staff for Cabinet Affairs and Operations – a new post representing a reorganization of the way Chris Christie’s...

Sweeney dumps Sacco as Transportation chairman

January 9, 2018 11:04 pm

Senate President Steve Sweeney has removed Nicholas Sacco (D-Hudson) as Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and replaced him with Bob Gordon (D-Bergen). This comes as no surprise, since Sacco aligned himself with factions of the Democratic party that had...

Christie gives 8th State of State

January 9, 2018 12:13 pm

Governor Chris Christie will deliver his final State of the State address to a joint session of the New Jersey Legislature at 3 PM today. He is the first Governor to deliver eight State of the State addresses since Tom...

Coughlin wants Jones at Sports Authority

January 8, 2018 3:59 pm

Incoming Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin plans to make the reappointment of LeRoy Jones to a seat on the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) a priority once he takes office tomorrow, according to sources. Jones, the Essex County Democratic...