The first cannabis cleanup bill proposes to fix how police interact with parents when they find their kids smoking weed or drinking in public. The ...
Paul Sarlo
How will it work? A student will opt into the program when they’re a senior to develop an academic and athletic plan.
Sen. Paul Sarlo sponsored a bill that would allow restaurants to keep their outdoor setups and also allow the owners and operators of those establishments ...
Top NJ Democrats have already reached an agreement on a $32.7B spending plan that's on a fast track for legislative approval. The proposal raises $700M ...
NJ Spotlight NewsNew Jersey's still dealing with backlogged unemployment claims, 30-40,000 of them, according to the state labor commissioner. He blames the problem on the sheer scale ...
Lawmakers called on New Jersey's education commissioner to provide a lot more data on the digital divide impacting kids who are forced to learn from ...
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that lets New Jersey borrow a whopping $9.9 billion. Democrats say it'll plug a massive budget hole caused by ...
A loophole in the budget makes Liberty State Park vulnerable to a golf course developer.
A state Senate panel held a second public hearing on the state budget Thursday. While some time went to discussing coronavirus precautions for future stops ...
Meeting in Newark on the campus of NJIT, the Budget and Appropriations Committee of the upper house held the first in a series of budget ...
A bipartisan collection of state senators is pushing to revive a panel dedicated to helping the public — and especially business owners — clear a ...
The Legislature's passed a $38.7 billion spending plan that Gov. Phil Murphy has vowed to veto, at least in part, because it doesn’t include his ...
Democrats intend to pass their budget on Thursday and send it to the governor, which would give him about ten days to decide what to ...
Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver said that spats within municipalities can stifle redevelopment and that cooperation is needed.
Missteps abounded and NJ Transit fumbled. Because WrestleMania ran longer, some NJ Transit crews couldn’t work past their 12-hour safety cutoff. Because of crew shortages, ...
Health Commissioner Shereef Elnahal outlines his priorities for fiscal year 2020 before the Senate budget committee.
The state treasurer went before the Senate Budget Committee to defend Gov. Murphy's spending plan. Some legislators like the savings but aren't hot on the ...
Several Democrats courted by Murphy are still reluctant to jump the fence.
The hearing is the first of two public hearings the Senate Budget Committee will hold.
Murphy is still working the phones and hoping for help from Sweeney to get enough votes to pass the bill.