White House to send first batch within couple of weeks. News comes as state announces hundreds of new cases, 40% in Ocean County
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Signoff was final step before Gov. Phil Murphy can sign his new budget. All four lawmakers had already approved the budget and its borrowing
Undercounting can even mean the difference between getting COVID-19 aid straight from the feds or waiting for state to distribute funds
There are two parts to Public Question No. 2. Here are the details, who would benefit and what it could cost
Will governor’s concessions to get millionaires tax and more than $4 billion borrowing plan put public-employee benefits on table, just where Senate president wants them?
The Murphy administration says it will significantly scale up testing capabilities, securing 2.6 million rapid tests produced by Abbott Labs. The antigen tests produce results ...
For the nearly 247,000 special needs students in New Jersey, changes to their school experience because of the pandemic have created disruptions. Some districts are ...
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The Murphy administration says it will significantly scale up testing capabilities by securing 2.6 million rapid tests produced by Abbott Labs. The antigen tests known ...
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Advocates fear numbers may have increased since the pandemic.
The bill would restrict the publication of judges' personally identifiable information and prohibit the sale of it. The bill is in response to the murder ...
With just 36 days to go before the general election, President Donald Trump has nominated judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.
For all its disruptions to schools overall, the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t appeared to slow down the pace of teacher contract negotiations in New Jersey, with ...
‘You may not even know that you've been exposed, but the app will tell you,’ Health Commissioner Persichilli says
[Updated: September 28, 2020] Follow the progression of the disease, with case numbers by county and city, demographics and other metrics
COVID-19 forced the governor and lawmakers to rewrite the budget playbook. Here’s what they did
Some renters are forced out anyway by owners desperate for income in pandemic
District’s attendance rate for online classes differs drastically from what several teachers said they experienced this spring
Breast Cancer Awareness Month reinforces the importance of screening and early detection to help save lives
Lawmakers plan a vote Monday on historic borrowing that needed a Supreme Court signoff
While activists are impatient at lack of progress, Newark Mayor Baraka urges persistence, saying it will register with lawmakers
This post will be updated as news about the coronavirus in New Jersey breaks. September 28 New Cases: 561 Total Cases: 204,107 Statewide rate of ...
Examining the widely varying approaches to the upcoming school year and how best practices can be determined and shared
Gov. Murphy says the state’s Rt is among the lowest in the nation
COVID-19 count in NJ is skewed by several factors: testing shortages, home deaths, fatal heart attacks and strokes caused ...
NJ was recently ranked Number One in US, based on educational achievement and test scores; on that basis, which ...
Kevin Dehmer takes over at a time when New Jersey’s education system has been turned upside down
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