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N.J. scraps residency requirement for occupational licenses
The move means immigration status won’t get in the way of otherwise qualified people as they seek professional licenses in New Jersey.
5 years ago
N.J. Civic Information Consortium could get first cash infusion in Murphy’s revised budget
Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law creating the consortium in 2018, but it still has not received state dollars as promised. That could change now.
5 years ago
With driving down, N.J. gas tax will increase by 9.3 cents starting in October
A previous law requires the state to raise the gasoline tax when revenue targets are not being met. In New Jersey, officials say gas sales have been off during the pandemic.
5 years ago
Fabiana Pierre-Louis confirmed as first Black female justice on the N.J. Supreme Court
Her nomination to the state’s highest court was confirmed by a unanimous vote in the state Senate.
5 years ago
Justice Department asks N.J., Pa. for data on nursing home coronavirus policies
The Justice Department is asking whether policies “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.”
5 years ago
Murphy proposes revised N.J. budget in response to pandemic’s economic toll
The proposal doesn’t call for as much borrowing as Murphy had planned previously. It cuts spending and would raise taxes, especially on millionaires.
5 years ago
N.J. committee unanimously approves Pierre-Louis for state Supreme Court
If her nomination is confirmed by the state Senate, Fabiana Pierre-Louis would be the first Black woman to serve on the highest court in New Jersey.
5 years ago
N.J. coronavirus recovery: General election to be a mix of mail-in, in-person voting
Gov. Murphy confirms N.J. will use largely the same plan from the primary for the general election. This time all registered voters will get a mail-in ballot.
5 years ago
As more N.J. schools go virtual in the fall, 230K students are stuck in the ‘digital divide’
As more schools are opting to start the year with virtual instruction, bridging this divide is a financial and logistical challenge.
5 years ago
Listen 1:36N.J. Supreme Court says $9.9 billion borrowing plan is constitutional
Republicans had asked the state’s highest court if the borrowing plan violated constitutional requirements to have voters approve bonding.
5 years ago
N.J. coronavirus recovery: State announces $25 million landlord assistance program
The initiative will provide aid to landlords with three to 10 units in their buildings who collected partial or no rent payments from April to July.
5 years ago
I-676 reopens after barge cleared from Schuylkill; Philly region under flash flood warning
Three connected barges that drifted free of their Schuylkill River moorings Tuesday night and crashed into the Vine Street Expressway bridge have been removed.
5 years ago