The first phase of renovations will focus on aesthetics, including the restoration of the classic benches in the waiting room, installation of brighter lighting, updating of the bathrooms, improved HVAC and air-handling, fresh paint and tile, and a deep clean of the limestone exterior to showcase the façade's architecture.

“I'm grateful that there's real discussion about a deal,” Gov. Phil Murphy said. “I think the need in the fullness of time, and the fullness of time is measured in a few months here at most, is probably two to three times that, maybe even four times that. “This is plus or minus, in my opinion, a three-ish plus trillion dollar moment.”

Hospitals are claiming that outbreaks involving dozens of health care workers have all been traced outside of their facilities. And they’ve refused to share data on what health care workers have gotten COVID-19.

Bill Hagaman, who is also an executive committee member of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, supports the initiative which helps young adults, many of them low-income, succeed in high school and prepare for a career, military service or post-secondary education.

While New York warned it might halt indoor dining in the city if the region cannot get control of COVID-19 hospitalizations, New Jersey's Gov. Phil Murphy, assured it's not even on the table for us.

Many New Jerseyans contacted have said they prefer to personally notify their contacts who may have been exposed to the virus themselves.

The state scrapped its previous COVID-19 travel advisories as the nation found itself in the midst of a second wave, rendering those guidelines obsolete.

The agreement, which sets a cap of 37 cultivation licenses for the first two years of the cannabis industry, is set for full-floor votes in each the Assembly and Senate chambers on Dec. 17.

“The light on the other side of this pandemic is now becoming visible,” Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday as some of the state’s 71 acute-care hospitals could get their first shipments of the Pfizer dosage soon.

“[T]his virus is still moving throughout our state, and residents are still falling ill,” Gov. Phil Murphy said. "There is a direct cause-and-effect. It’s perhaps the biggest reason we need everyone to keep up with the practices that allowed us to crush the curves.”

As the state's numbers continue to climb, Gov. Phil Murphy reminds us on Twitter that, “This pandemic is nowhere near over. We can’t give up the fight now. Mask up. Social distance. Wash your hands."

Two federal programs are set to expire on Dec. 26, unless Congress and the White House come to an agreement on a new COVID-19 relief package.