The declaration from New Jersey Commissioner of Environmental Protection Shawn LaTourette is the first of its kind since 2016. It comes amid persistent hot, dry conditions that are stressing supplies and urges residents and businesses to conserve water.

The legislation would incentivize businesses from across the Hudson River for setting up locations here for their Garden State workers.

During a rare August hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Matthew Platkin's nomination as attorney general through to the full Senate in a bipartisan vote that included one Republican.

The awards will go to 45 organizations across the Garden State to help accelerate their research and development into commercially viable products and services.

The program is designed to incentivize investment in emerging Garden State companies while creating opportunities to help them succeed. Venture capital firms will later match the funding raised, which will go toward high-growth, early-stage businesses across New Jersey.

Proponents of the law argue that it will protect accident victims and taxpayers; opponents counter that it will raise rates unnecessarily for drivers who cannot afford the increase.

“New Jersey consumers are the heartbeat of our state’s economy, and it is imperative that we protect them from those who are looking to target their finances,” the governor said. “These bills will set new standards for financial service providers to abide by, giving our consumers the protection they need from certain deceptive actors.

President Joe Biden extolled the virtues of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. New Jersey lawmakers were instrumental in making the bill happen.

"We will deliver Portal North on time and on budget because that’s how it has to be,” NJ Transit Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti said during the groundbreaking for the long-delayed, long-overdue Portal North Bridge project.

The school serves over 5,000 undergraduate students and thousands more at the graduate level. According to recent reports, over the past eight years it went from a $108 million surplus to a $67 million deficit, with another $156 million in debt.

The NJDEP will implement the initiative, which provides funding over three years for the purchase of such vehicles and charging infrastructure.

According to court documents the company, "knowingly filled prescriptions for controlled substances ... for patients exhibiting suspicious and drug-seeking behavior, including patients that repeatedly requested early refills, paid thousands of dollars in cash for their prescriptions, or requested that prescriptions be sent to suspicious or inappropriate locations, including hotels, casinos and elementary schools.”