Joseph Pennacchio

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.

Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed a law changing the title of the state's countywide elected officials from "chosen freeholder" to county commissioner starting Jan. 1.

New Jersey is the last state to use the title ‘freeholder’ for its county legislators, but after 300 years it’s nearly on the way out.

A New Jersey lawmaker continues to promote a drug touted by President Trump as a COVID-19 cure despite its mixed results and warnings from the medical community about its dangers.

ICE announced the arrests and deportations on Tuesday, a day after New Jersey's sanctuary state rules went into effect.

The Senate voted to require White House hopefuls to disclose five years of tax returns to state elections officials, who would post them online.

The state Senate approved a half-dozen bills the Assembly had passed in April, including new rules for seizing guns from people deemed dangerous.

“When substantiated allegations of abuse have been made against a teacher in one school, they should not be able to move to another school under the radar," said Sen. Joe Pennacchio.