Lawmakers push for urgent hearings to address NJ Transit delays and cancellations, aiming to hold the agency accountable for ongoing commuter frustrations.
Rutgers University had one of the first COVID vaccine mandates. NJ Senator Declan O'Scanlon says they should lose state funding if they don't repeal the mandate.
The legislation would give the option of paying a vehicle's registration with New Jersey for up to 10 years, in advance. Others could opt to stick to annual fees.
On the other side of the aisle, Democrats introduced a bill on Monday to "expand the membership of the commissions responsible for approving" any such rate increases.
Among the $1.7 billion in spending added to Gov. Phil Murphy's original budget plan, with little public notice, are new line items totaling $593 million.
Lawmakers tell the acting attorney general that police remain wary of approaching young people with marijuana under the marijuana decriminalization law.