State Senate committee advances a package of consumer protections, including limits on tax refund anticipation checks that purport to be free but aren't.
The change to a mutual holding company could culminate decades of conversation about how to position New Jersey's largest health insurer for the future.
The Senate unanimously approved the legislation, but advocates complained that because it was amended to exclude state court judgments from protections.
Public health emergency credits would knock a year off most inmates' terms, making thousands eligible for immediate release. A planned vote was delayed.
Activists and sympathetic lawmakers have long expected the Legislature to vote on driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants now that the election is over.