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.
High school students would be taught about diversity and inclusion, under one bill. Another adds racial discrmination and social justice in middle schools.
The bill also states that "a general philosophical or moral objection to the vaccination shall not be sufficient for an exemption on religious grounds."
An Assembly committee OK'd a bill that would have schools screen middle-school and high-school students for depression, with written consent from parents.
A bill ensuring hospitals let at least one individual accompany a woman into the delivery room during childbirth is on track for legislative approval next week.
With the state now offering rebates on electric cars, lawmakers are turning attention to another possible car of the future – those with hydrogen fuel cells.