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The state says local school districts have wide latitude over how to teach the new sex education standards but that ignoring them isn't an option.

Gov. Phil Murphy said New Jersey will “fully protect” abortion rights of women, including those visiting from states where the procedure is banned.

Sexual extortion would become a specific crime in New Jersey, under a bill endorsed Monday by a Senate committee.

Though lawmakers have expressed interest in restoring aid to municipalities that is diverted to the state, that's not in Gov. Phil Murphy's budget plan.

Gov. Phil Murphy proposes property tax rebates starting at $700 and growing to $1,150, including homes with incomes of up to $250,000. Renters get help, too.

Through an online petition and social media campaign, Senate Republicans hope to push Gov. Phil Murphy to reverse course on pandemic and fiscal policies.

In his second term, Gov. Phil Murphy wants "to get us to a place where we can begin to see" property taxes reduced through things like school and pre-K aid.

The positions of Senate president, Senate majority leader and Senate and Assembly minority leader each change hands for the first time in 10 years or more.

A scheduled vote to extend many of Gov. Phil Murphy's pandemic orders was canceled after he said he'll continue a school mask mandate that's not in the bill.

After the latest deadly school shooting in Michigan, Murphy wants quick passage of a legislative package to make gun laws tougher in the Garden State

It's not a long term fix but there is a temporary solution nonetheless now in play which can businesses fill hours this summer.

New Jersey's bonded debt is approaching $50 billion, including the $3.7 billion the state borrowed in November when it thought COVID would wreck its revenues.