New Jersey 101.5 News — Flash Briefing for Feb. 21 (Afternoon)

Students in several New Jersey schools walked out of class on Wednesday to quietly commemorate the one week anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

A girl was taken out of an Elizabeth, New Jersey park on a stretcher Tuesday afternoon, but the circumstances remain unclear.

An NJ Transit bus driver died on Tuesday after his bus struck a garbage truck head-on.

In the wake of the school shooting rampage in Parkland, Florida, Gov. Phil Murphy said a coordinated, multi-level effort is underway to tighten security at schools in the Garden State.

The Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency said it was asked by Rutgers University not to participate in Wednesday's Career Fair — Rutgers previously only said ICE voluntarily withdrew.

According to an analysis from personal finance company SmartAsset, New Jersey comes in seventh place on a list of the states with the largest average tax refunds. But that's not great news.

A healthy dose of skepticism Tuesday in Trenton, at an educational seminar for local and state officials hosted by the New Jersey Cannabusiness Association.

Are you smarter than an 11th-grader? Probably not in this case.