“Jersey City was amongst the first in the country and the first in the state to put restrictions/curfews in place,” Mayor Steven Fulop said on Twitter on Oct. 28. “We aren’t going to do that again so quickly.”

The move to create uniform reopening protocols – including workers undergoing health screenings at the start of every shift and social distancing in the workplace – and the means to go after non-compliant employers seeks to replace what critics argued was a dangerously inefficient and piecemeal system.

On Oct. 28, the state logged another 1,682 new cases of the virus with Essex County recording more than 200 instances.

Though it isn't among the two new additions, the Garden State does qualify for the advisory, with the state's daily COVID count hitting 1,663 positive cases on Oct. 27.

The head of the state’s medical marijuana program cast doubt on just how realistic of a timeline that would be for New Jersey, should voters approve the move to allow adult-use cannabis in November's general election.

The deadline to fill out the mandatory information to be eligible for apply for the state funds is 5 p.m. on Oct. 27.

The partnership will rely on cooperation from and with anchor institutions like AtlantiCare, Exelon, the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, Ørsted, South Jersey Industries and Stockton University.

The state logged 1,223 new cases of COVID-19 on Oct. 26, marking one straight week of daily counts above 1,000.

Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife Tammy Murphy remain in self-quarantine following exposure just over a week ago at the outdoor bar of the Pilsener House & Biergarten in Hoboken.

The move came on the same day that New Jersey's daily count of new cases of the virus pushed near 2,000—the highest since the spring.

Before Hollywood, there was Fort Lee. At the turn of the century, the Hudson River borough was home to nearly a dozen film studios. Amid COVID-19, the state’s burgeoning film industry is learning to navigate the pandemic.

Oral arguments took place last week in a court case arising from the 2018 Medical Marijuana Program Request for Applications, which has had the New Jersey Department of Health wrapped in litigation with seven appellants since announcing the winners of six medical cannabis licenses nearly two years ago.