Brian Bergen

The same Morris County school board that briefly renamed Columbus Day has taken away a second day off the district calendar for a Jewish holiday.

The state budget is supposed to be introduced next Tuesday, but lawmakers agreed to Gov. Phil Murphy's request to push that back to March 8.

The NAACP brings its national convention to the Jersey Shore in July. Some lawmakers oppose a bill allocating $2 million to help offset the costs.

Some COVID-era administrative orders, directives and waivers expire next Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy asked for a 90-day extension, but lawmakers went halfway.

New Jersey’s most unusual state budget season ended in standard fashion , with the $46.4 billion plan sent to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk in a party-line vote.

Legislation due for approval Thursday in the Assembly would extend life of some executive orders, including masking and distancing rules, through December.

Rules for adult-use recreational marijuana, which voters green-lighted in a Nov. 3 referendum, now await Gov. Phil Murphy's signature.

In the spring, Gov. Phil Murphy declined to take a regional approach to imposing pandemic-driven shutdowns. A bill would require it and based it on local data.

Single-use bags and polystyrene food packaging will be phased out in the spring of 2022, and plastic straws will be only on-demand in a year, if it's signed.

Four bills derived from the Manatt Health study of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care are now on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk.