Despite a solid number of females running for a state Senate or Assembly seat, New Jersey will drop from 12th in the nation to 15th for the proportion of women in its legislature.
Lots of people don't know the candidates for governor, so the nominees for lieutenant governor -- Sheila Oliver and Carlos Rendo -- are surely a mystery.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy says Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver "will be driving a big portion of our agenda" as his lieutenant governor.
Speed limits on roads adjacent to schools may be lowered if a bill advanced by an Assembly committee makes into law. A plan to triple fines was dropped.
Tickets for it are rare but possible, so lawmakers are considering a law allowing GPS devices, including smartphone holders, to be installed on car windshields.
Lawmakers said that New Jersey has accomplished little despite running the schools for the last 27 years in Jersey City, 25 years in Paterson and 20 years in Newark.