Of the grievances filed, a number were investigated and resolved, others were referred to appropriate agencies, while numerous showed that they were in fact complying.

A drafting error in one of the bills is causing its delay, the language is being cleaned up with the Legislature aiming to have the issue resolved by Jan. 11.

The state trust fund was plentiful and healthy going into the pandemic, and the new law to gradually phase in a tax increase over a three-year period in order to replenish the fund might be necessary.

University Hospital in Newark workers were some of the first to receive the Pfizer shot in New Jersey. Monday, they complete their vaccination schedule.

The 2020 presidential election was widely regarded as historic and unprecedented. COVID-19 and mass social distancing prompted tens of millions of voters across the nation to cast mail-in ballots rather than showing up in person at the polls. With hundreds of thousands of Americans dead, a total loss of normal routines and peace of mind, and some of the worst economic conditions since the Great Depression, the pandemic and its effects were front and center during the campaign.

The wage increase will assist lower-earning New Jerseyans to get out from under the poverty line.

Several establishments will temporarily lose their liquor licenses for violating the state’s coronavirus pandemic restrictions as we head into the New Year's holiday.

The federal government indicated claimants will see no missed week of payments even though the bill wasn’t signed prior to the deadline.

Carole Johnson is leaving the Murphy administration to serve with the Biden administration where she will coordinate the federal effort to expand testing in areas hardest hit by the pandemic.

Under Senate Bill 2535 as written, penalties would be removed for those under the age of 21 as well as 21 and over. Gov. Phil Murphy reportedly wants penalties to apply to those under 21, as they would for the possession of alcohol.

The president's opposition to the bill, which he ultimately signed on Dec. 27, came over the $600 stimulus checks. Instead, he wants $2,000 stimulus checks, which Congress will meet about again this week.

The founder and CEO of Trenton-based advertising agency EFK Group describes her experience working global ad giant Ogilvy through the Small Business Administration's All Small Mentor-Protégé program, which enabled EFK to design campaigns for large government contractors.