State lawmakers give initial approval to bill directing colleges to charge in-state tuition to children of high-skilled immigrants with H-1B work visas.
A Senate panel voted to exempt Shore house bookings directly made by homeowners, without help from services like Airbnb, from new tax collection requirement.
It's not just Congress on the ballot. Voters across New Jersey will decide whether the state should borrow $500 million for school construction projects.
Democratic legislative leaders propose to raise taxes on short-term vacation rentals, like those common along the Shore, and sales of million-dollar homes.
Newly elected state Senator Vin Gopal said he was frustrated about the shooting death of a 10-year-old boy in Asbury Park and blamed the gun industry before all the facts of the case were released by the Prosecutor's Office.