Fred Madden

New legislation gives a wider window of time before business tax rates spike to try and replenish the state's Unemployment Trust Fund.

Because the unemployment fund is drained, payroll taxes are due to jump significantly next July. A bill seeks to limit, though not block, the increase.

A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.

The bill's sponsors say they're now just putting current rules on worker misclassification into law. Opponents insist that's not the case.

Gov. Phil Murphy's ethics counsel was rebuffed when she suggested an outside counsel look into Katie Brennan's sexual assault allegations.

Legislation to resurrect a mental health hotline for EMS and firefighters in the state is working its way through Trenton.

Currently the fines for using your hand-held cell phone to talk, text or email while driving are $100 for each offense. State Senators Dick Codey and Fred Madden don’t feel that’s much a deterrent.