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 infrastructure 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.”

The move marks a return to the role for Timothy Lydon, who Senate President Nick Scutari noted has "brings unparalleled experience to the role having served in each branch of the state government over the past two decades."

Employers and others are required to display the visuals from the Division on Civil Rights to inform individuals about New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination and Family Leave Act.

Gov. Phil Murphy visited Vesta Wood-Fired in East Rutherford to sign legislation that continues authorizations for restaurants, bars, distilleries and breweries that were enacted during the pandemic to aid the industry.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will dole out $10 million in grants for the effort, which also seeks to provide technical assistance to municipal, county and utility authorities to make plans to increase resiliency in the face of climate change.

Under the new program, the county will provide $2.5 million to local operators, with priority given to women-, minority-, veteran-and service-disabled veteran-owned enterprises.

PromisePay is immediately available for residents who owe money on their accounts, and Mayor Ras Baraka says if successful, the initiative could become a long-term option for those in need.

Work to replace the more-than-a-century-old crossing officially began Aug. 1 following years of delays, both for the project and the Northeast Corridor. According to NJ Transit CEO Kevin Corbett, the effort will create approximately 15,000 jobs and add billions of dollars to the local economy.