NJ towns aren't banning bamboo, but cracking down on overgrowth
Bamboo planting has been on the rise in New Jersey, and numerous municipalities now have ordinances on the books to curb its spread.
New Jersey State League of Municipalities
As of now, local marijuana bans are null and void when NJ law passes
Municipalities can prohibit sales, but not until there's a state law on the books.
It's New Jersey Local Government Week
It's a way to remind residents of the mission of municipal governments: to serve their communities.
Rush-hour shortcut through little NJ town could cost you big
Stay out...or else! One North Jersey municipality bans out-of-town drivers during the morning and evening rush hours.
Is your property tax assessment way off?
Are wildly inaccurate tax assessments driving you crazy? Some NJ towns are doing reassessments annually, instead of every 10 years.
In some NJ towns, holiday displays violate 'light trespass' laws
Sometimes residential holiday displays cross the line, and cause big problems among neighbors.
The push to change NJ’s liquor-license laws
Should towns have more say in the number of liquor licenses permitted?
Fleeing suburbia — How NJ towns are trying to attract millennials
Millennials are attracted to the live-work-play environment, explains James Hughes, Rutgers University professor and an expert in New Jersey economics and demographics.
As construction picks up in New Jersey, more inspectors are finding work
How municipalities are handling the new building boom.
NJ Assembly votes to make it easier for towns to raise property taxes
Towns and counties would gain an exemption to the spending limits of the cap on property tax increases, for spending that attracts matching-fund grants.