Category: News
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No more pennies? NJ bill would allow rounding cash sales to nearest nickel
After the end of federal penny production in November 2025, an NJ assembly hearing examines a bill planning to phase out the use of pennies in cash transactions.
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Lawmakers seek to extend bullying protections to private schools
The Assembly Education Committee unanimously voted to advance a bill that would establish anti-harassment policies in private schools after the testimony of two parents whose son took his own life at a Lawrenceville boarding school.
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Lawmakers seek to crack down on license plate masking, toll evasion
Retractable license plate holders, plate-flipping devices and reflective sprays on vehicle plates may soon become illegal in New Jersey. An Assembly committee unanimously moved a bill Monday that would prohibit using or selling items that deliberately alter or conceal vehicle license plates to evade law enforcement or cheat tolls.
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Assembly moves legislation to accommodate nursing mothers
An Assembly committee weighs two bills protecting nursing mothers. One would require NJ employers to provide accommodations to employees who are breastfeeding; another would require airports to have lactation rooms.
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Sherrill publicly addresses investigation into Lt. Gov. for first time, avoids mentioning Caldwell by name
Gov. Mikie Sherrill refused to confirm a misconduct investigation into Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell, or even speak his name, at an evening press conference Wednesday. It is alleged Caldwell made inappropriate behavior with women and unethical offers of state jobs.
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Sherrill signs reproductive and gender-affirming care protections into law
Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a bill Thursday protecting reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare, which lawmakers passed after an emotional Assembly debate in June and deeply partisan votes.
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Is New Jersey becoming the new Hollywood? Netflix, tax credits fuel ‘Jerseywood’ boom
New Jersey’s growing film industry, bolstered by Netflix’s planned Fort Monmouth campus and other major studio projects, has inspired hopes for local jobs and business growth while raising questions for many experts on the cost and accountability of the state’s film tax credits.
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Driverless cars could one day empower blind New Jerseyans
Linda Melendez paints a vibrant picture of autonomous vehicles, a future that is not cold and robotic but instead liberating and empowering for the 65-year-old, who is blind. A bill establishing trial testing for self-driving cars in New Jersey is pending in the legislature.
