Serena DiMaso

Legislation due for approval Thursday in the Assembly would extend life of some executive orders, including masking and distancing rules, through December.

Guidance from the Treasury Departments gives states and local governments wide but not unlimted discretion on how the funds will be spent.

Motor Vehicle Commission was beginning a program to vaccinate agency staff, but that's on hold as the safety of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is reviewed.

Nearly 400 childcare centers in New Jersey have closed permanently, and more than 900 others are temporarily closed but plan to reopen.

Proponents say the change would guard against voter supression in areas where people are wary of law enforcement. Critics say it treats police as criminals.

Legislation making its way through the Statehouse in Trenton, which has cleared an Assembly panel, would prevent police from being within 100-feet of a polling place and limit their presence overall at polling places.

February law touched off controversy by keeping first warnings for alcohol or marijuana to minors, with parents informed only if it happens multiple times.

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The BPU approved a rate hike that will cost the average customer around $54 a year, starting in November 2021. A management audit is planned.

At Assembly budget committee hearing, the state transportation commissioner warns the budget adopted next summer will be quite challenging for NJ Transit.

The gas tax formula depends in part on projected consumption. Murphy administration says traffic volume won't improve much through next June.

Senate and Assembly are expected at the Statehouse Monday, for first time since March, for voting sessions that include a 3-month, $7.7 billion spending plan.