Earlier this month, Assembly Democrats announced a plan to post a variety job creation and economic development bills up for a vote in the full Assembly. Today, that's what they plan to do.
The state's utility companies are defending their performance during Superstorm Sandy after being put in the hot seat once again by the State Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee.
Hoping to minimize the impact of severe weather on public utilities and shorten power outages for residents, a state legislator will introduce a bill today to create a commission tasked with finding better ways deliver energy to consumers.
An Assembly panel has approved the "Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection and Treatment Act," sweeping new bipartisan legislation sponsored by Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle
Being a New Jersey legislator is not a full-time job. When the Legislature is in session, lawmakers are typically required to be at the State House in Trenton, just twice a week at most.
A Republican-sponsored bill that seeks to cut the number of unexcused absences New Jersey legislators are allowed before vacating their office was approved by a Senate committee on Thursday.
Revenue collection for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 missed Governor Chris Christie's targets by more than a quarter-billion dollars according to the non-partisan research arm of the legislature.