Critics say NJ has better use for $45M than electric school buses
A pilot program spending $15 million a year for three years on electric school buses survives criticism and is passed by the Assembly.
Louis Greenwald
How NJ may improve improve access to mental health care
The coronavirus pandemic has created a "cataclysmic event" of increased anxiety and depression amongst people in all demographics in the Garden State.
From K-12 to college, concern about pandemic’s mental health toll
Nine bills advance through Assembly committees aimed at preparing for what one lawmaker calls New Jersey's next crisis.
Assembly spars over taxes as up to $14B in borrowing advances
In a party-line vote, Assembly approves plan to patch over steep declines in government revenues by borrowing billions of dollars to pay current expenses.
NJ Transit, water top lawmakers’ priorities for 2020 session
Democrats remain in control of the Legislature, though a little less firmly after Republicans gained three seats in the 2019 midterms.
N’s high property taxes keep rising — average is now $8,953
New Jersey’s average residential property tax bill grew at the fastest rate in three years in 2019, 2.1%, reaching $8,953.
Legislature votes to extend business tax breaks, inviting veto
Despite Gov. Phil Murphy's veto threat, the Legislature Thursday approved a seven-month extension for New Jersey’s business tax incentive programs.
Gun violence bills look to help victims while wounds are fresh
"Many hospitals see a 'revolving door' of gunshot injures, as patients who have been shot are at a very high risk of being violently reinjured and committing violent acts themselves," Assemblyman Lou Greenwald said.