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Press Releases Testa/Simonsen/McClellan: Introduce Legislation Fully Opening MVCs and Call on Murphy to Restore Full Government In-Person Services April 26, 2021, 1:37 pm | in Testa/Simonsen/McClellan: Introduce Legislation Fully Opening MVCs and Call on Murphy to Restore Full Government In-Person Services Following the introduction of Senate Legislation that requires the Motor Vehicle Commission to provide all vehicle and licensing services in each of New Jersey’s 21 ...

COVID vaccine passports would be banned in N.J. under new bill Updated Apr 19, 2021; Posted Apr 19, 2021 Republican lawmakers said they are introducing legislation banning vaccine passports in New Jersey.Jacob Hamilton | The Ann Arbor News Facebook Share A Republican state senator wants to ban the use of vaccine passports and bar any public or private entity — schools, businesses, beaches, doctors — from asking about or for someone’s vaccination status. The bill, introduced Monday, woul...

In response to broad-reaching gun control measures announced today by Governor Murphy, Senator Michael Testa and Senator Steve Oroho said the agenda is a smoke screen that fails to address violent crime in the state and instead targets the rights of law-abiding residents to legally own firearms. Murphy’s proposals include prohibiting the purchase of rifles and shotguns[...]

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N.J. didn’t need to borrow all those billions, budget analysts say, sparking criticism of Murphy Updated 3:54 PM; Today 3:33 PM Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio appeared before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee on Tuesday.David Gard | For NJ Advance Medi Facebook Share New Jersey’s nonpartisan fiscal analysts said Tuesday it’s now clear the $4 billion the state borrowed last fall was not necessary to balance the state budget, spurring renewed questioning of whether Gov. Phil Murp...

Trenton Bureau For anyone interested in learning how the Murphy administration prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic, or where it sent protective gear, or how it decided to reopen parts of the economy, or who is eligible for vaccines, it has a litany of reasons you can’t. “Advisory, consultative or deliberative material” is a popular one. So is “no responsive records.” The threat of terrorism was cited once. And the urgency of the pandemic itself was all Democratic lawmakers and Murph...

Republican hearing searches for answers on pandemic’s deadly toll in N.J. nursing homes Updated Mar 05, 2021; Muriel Smith said her volunteer work at nursing homes and a county jail was suspended for months during the height of the pandemic. It was a necessary move to prevent the spread of the virus and protect her and the vulnerable people she encountered, she was told. What Smith said she will never understand is how Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Department of Health could adopt a policy...

An infectious disease specialist testified Friday that shifting inmates from northern sites to South Jersey prisons was an error during a pandemic.

Credit: (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) File photo: Nov. 23, 2020, a café in a Target store in Clifton converted into a curbside pickup staging area during the coronavirus pandemic A year after the first cases of the coronavirus brought on statewide shutdown orders to curb new infections, New Jersey’s economy may no longer be in a freefall, but thousands of residents remain out of work and many small businesses are still struggling for survival. The crush of unemployment benefits triggered by the pa...

Grocery Outlet in Arroyo Grande celebrates one year since opening KSBY and last updated 2021-03-01 01:37:40-05 Grocery Outlet in Arroyo Grande celebrated one year since it opened in Oak Park Plaza. On Saturday, customers had a chance to enter a giveaway on social media for a two-night stay at the Seacrest Oceanfront Hotel in Pismo Beach and a $100 dinner gift card. The winner of the giveaway was announced during the stores ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday morning. Grocery Outlet staff said the...