New Jersey

Some New Jersey residents, workers, and students who got their first shot of the coronavirus vaccine are struggling to figure out how to get their second.

Superintendent Katrina McCombs plans to close four neighborhood schools. Camden Education Association President Keith Benson hopes to appeal.

Bridget Ann Kelly, whose 2016 federal conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, announced this week she is running for Bergen County clerk.

Environmentalists object, saying the measure would mean more logging and more habitat loss.

Solar developers say it’s the way to meet clean-energy goals. Critics say it would hurt Garden State agriculture.

A Black mother in New Jersey is seven times more likely than a white mother to die from maternity-related complications, according to the report.

The surge in interest highlighted an imbalance that there is far more demand for the vaccine than there are doses in the Garden State.

The phone number for the state’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center is 855-568-0545.

The intense cold will come in several waves and stick around for at least the next 10 days.

Last year, New Jersey borrowed about $4 billion to sustain the budget amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and to make that happen, the state was charged more than $12 million in fees.

Health officials have also said there is no evidence showing that current vaccines are ineffective against the new strain, also known as B.1.1.7.

Municipalities will be able to get help on science and planning from state and federal governments but should expect to do most of the work on adaptation by themselves.

New Jersey’s capital county will be doing a trial run at Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton with the aim of an official launch during the first week of February.

Sen. Bob Menendez, the son of Cuban immigrants, chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The jury convicted Damon Williams of second-degree robbery, which requires the use of force or the threat of force, rather than the less serious crime of third-degree theft.