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New Jersey Governor mandated COVID-19 vaccination or testing for all personnel of child care facilities in the state. ...

Gov. Murphy ordered thousands of inmates released as COVID ravaged NJ prisons

New Jersey’s most unusual state budget season ended in standard fashion , with the $46.4 billion plan sent to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk in a party-line vote.

After a record $46.4 billion spending bill was approved in New Jersey, all that was left was for Gov. Phil Murphy to sign it into law.

Federal COVID-19 aid and state tax receipts bring $11B bonanza to NJ. Will the public be shut out of decisions on how the money is spent?

The state already plans to pay rebates of up to $500 to families this summer. Republicans suggest some of the $10 billion surplus should be used similarly.

Republican and Democratic candidates for Senate and Assembly in the First Legislative District ran unopposed in Tuesday's primary. Republican Cape May County Commissioner Leonard Desiderio also was unopposed in the primary. Democrats did not put a candidate on the ballot for Cape May County commissioner.

TRENTON — A Republican state lawmaker who voted against an early release process for prisoners during the pandemic has said that the governor has “blood on his hands again,” after one of the inmates released in the fall was charged with murder. Sen. Michael Testa, R-Cumberland, has been a vocal critic of the early release law signed by Murphy in October after being passed by state legislators in close votes in both the Assembly and state Senate. Ronny L. Paden, now a Delran resident, ...

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: After COVID-19 disrupted two school years, lawmakers on Monday voted to delay an upcoming state requirement for third graders to pass a reading test before moving up to the fourth grade. The House of Representatives voted 68-27 for the bill by Sen. Rodger Smitherman, D-Birmingham, that would delay the promotion requirement, now set to take effect next year, by two years. The bill now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey. The high-stakes promotion req...

View Comments TRENTON – State Sen. Michael Doherty has renewed his calls for the Legislature to limit the emergency powers of the governor, whom he calls "King Murphy." In a statement issued Thursday, Doherty, R-Warren, one of the most conservative members of the state Legislature, said Murphy’s actions during the pandemic show the dangers of the sweeping authority that states give to governors during emergencies. “A governor needs to be able to respond quickly when emergencies happe...