Nicholas Pugliese

Health care was long assumed to be immune from economic downturns, one expert said. This pandemic is different.

Gov. Phil Murphy also said hospitals could resume elective produce on May 26, while the state will hold grand jury proceedings over Zoom.

Visitors don’t have to skip their Shore vacations this year, even if some quintessential businesses will remain closed.

More than 40 people in state custody have died of COVID-19, which is the highest in the nation as a share of prison population.

The state also committed to testing all residents and staff at some 670 nursing homes over the next two weeks.

The number of N.J. COVID-19 patients on ventilators dipped below 1,000 for the first time in at least a month.

New Jersey funeral homes and cemeteries accustomed to handling a certain number of deaths per week were suddenly facing two or three times that.

Also Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy said residents passed an “important test” by complying with social distancing rules as parks reopened.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy took his pressure campaign for direct cash assistance to the White House on Thursday. And came back with a promise of 550,000 test kits.

The reopenings take effect Saturday. Freelancers and gig workers to start receiving unemployment payments.

The $24 billion proposal, largely to widen the highways, faces fierce opposition. Gov. Phil Murphy also named 21 people for his COVID-19 restart team.

Also Thursday, Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, again lashed out at federal leaders over cash assistance for states.