The agreement received final approval on Jan. 11 after years of delaying funding or approval for both the bridge and the monumentally larger Hudson River tunnel replacement.

“We had anticipated an increase in positive tests coming out of the holidays, and it is safe to say that we are now experiencing that increase,” Gov. Phil Murphy said during a Jan. 11 COVID-19 press conference. “This is likely from indoor gatherings where neither social distancing nor wearing a facemask were adhered to.”

The vaccination process is a key component of getting the COVID-19 pandemic under control and lifting the myriad of business restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the virus, which has entered the second wave both in New Jersey and across the nation.

Jonathan Holloway contracted the virus while at home, and has been in strict self-quarantine since being made aware of exposure.

To say Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck learned several painful lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic could be an understatement. The 361-bed hospital, less than nine miles out of New York City, was widely considered ground zero for the first of the outbreaks across New Jersey in March. But Mike Maron, Holy Name’s chief executive officer, said he thinks that experience gives the hospital a unique edge: the staff bore some of the worst of the first wave and survived.

Most of Washington and many public officials across the nation contend that the $900 billion federal COVID-19 relief bill signed into law on Dec. 27 leaves much to be desired. Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill agree that a new iteration of the measure, known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, will be necessary. And with Democrats controlling the White House and both houses of Congress, that new CARES Act will likely be dramatically different than the first version, enacted nearly a year ago, as well as the bill President Donald Trump signed recently.

Samuel Delgado was recommended to sit on the five-member Cannabis Regulatory Commission.

The two sites that went online were one at a 30,000 square foot former Sears storefront at the Rockaway Townsquare in Morris County, and the other at Rowan College of South Jersey in Gloucester County.

For the third time on Jan. 7 the state topped 6,000 new daily cases, the other times being in December.

The acquisition bolsters Relativity's product offerings with remote, work-from-home technology, as tens of millions of Americans telecommute amid the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing protocols.

The measure includes $11.5 billion for a variety of corporate and business incentive programs over a seven-year period, meant to lure businesses, developers and investment dollars into the state. And it includes $2.5 billion toward an expanded film and television tax credit program.

Slowdowns, technical issues and site shutdowns dragged out the process for many of those who tried to sign up on the New Jersey Vaccine Scheduling System.