The bill, known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, calls for up to 11 weeks of relief, slashes the $600 that expired in July to the current $300 a week. Anyone out of work between Jan. 2 and March 13 will get the reduced amount, on top of regular state benefits.

Should the move actually be implemented, it could score a major victory for businesses where gig workers make up the backbone of their workforce.

The graduation of new engineers is bringing the statewide transportation agency closer to its staffing goal.

The governor vetoed a bill that would have enabled eateries to extend their footprint outdoors, and sell food and alcohol out of spaces such as patios, sidewalks, decks, yards and parking lots, arguing that the legislation sidestepped many different health and safety rules already on the books.

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.