Joseph Pennacchio

Sen. Joseph Pennacchio says the package of legislation would give parents more power over what schools teach their children.

It has been nearly 17 months since voters legalized recreational marijuana but sales haven't begun. An expected vote on a start date was delayed last week.

A scheduled vote to extend many of Gov. Phil Murphy's pandemic orders was canceled after he said he'll continue a school mask mandate that's not in the bill.

Sen. Joe Pennacchio opposes vaccine-or-test rules for entering the statehouse and says the Legislature should hold hearings on deaths at nursing homes.

Sen. Joe Pennacchio opposes vaccine mandates or entry rules but says any such system should recognize the natural immunity that follows a past infection.

The head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has emerged as a partisan flashpoint, and the debate in Trenton reflected that.

Tired of waiting for the full Legislature to hold hearings on the state’s handling of the pandemic, Senate Republicans plan to conduct their own.

Bill on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk requires ratios of direct care staff to residents of one per eight on the day shift, per 10 in the evening and per 14 at night.

Bill from Republican senators would also codify testing rules and restrict staff from working at more than one long-term care facility.

Four bills derived from the Manatt Health study of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care are now on Gov. Phil Murphy's desk.