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5 days ago · Gov. Murphy announces medical debt eliminated for 77K families BY: Sophie Nieto-Munoz - October 16, 2024 People who will have their medical debt eliminated will receive a letter notifying them beginning Thursday, Oct. 17.
Assembly panel backs bill extending outdoor dining rules
4 days ago · An Assembly panel unanimously approved legislation Thursday that would make permanent pandemic rules allowing restaurants, bars, and other retailers to serve food and drink on sidewalks and other outdoor areas. The bill approved by the Assembly Oversight, Reform, and Federal Relations Committee ...
Once a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, New Jersey has lost …
12 hours ago · To date, 14 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted bills codifying gender-affirming care/transgender health care. New Jersey lags far behind. Proper gender-affirming care addresses the physical and mental health aspects of transgender people. All major medical associations have defined and ...
Nurses at Newark’s University Hospital approve contract, dodging …
Oct 12, 2024 · Nurses at University Hospital in Newark voted overwhelmingly Friday to ratify a new three-year contract, averting a strike that threatened to cripple care at New Jersey’s only public hospital. The primary sticking point had been the union’s demand for 5:1 patient-to …
Gov. Murphy signs bill boosting penalties for residential burglaries ...
3 days ago · Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday signed a bipartisan bill increasing penalties for burglaries in the state in a bid to deter home invasions.. The legislation, which unanimously cleared the Assembly and passed the Senate with a single no vote from Sen. Britnee Timberlake (D-Essex), upgrades penalties for residential burglaries and allows juveniles charged in home invasions …
Gov. Murphy signs record-setting $56.6B state budget
Jun 28, 2024 · Gov. Murphy signed a record-setting $56.6 billion budget that includes a 2.5% surtax on businesses with more than $10 million in profit. The budget also funds the Stay NJ property tax credit program, which will benefit seniors, but …
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
Sep 27, 2024 · Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 declared a constitutional right to carry, gun-rights advocates have targeted New Jersey’s famously tough gun laws, challenging one after the other in court, from its assault weapon ban to a prohibition on guns in sensitive places to a law that allows the state to sue gun makers as a public nuisance.. Thursday, they sued again, …
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
Aug 15, 2024 · Ratings firm Moody’s improved New Jersey’s credit outlook on Wednesday but kept ratings static for the state as a whole, praising continued full pension payments but warning that reliance on one-shot revenue items and a drained surplus could lead to credit downgrades.
New Jersey launches website with data from police internal affairs ...
Sep 9, 2022 · The site displays data of internal affairs investigations from New Jersey’s 500-plus police departments, but does not reveal officers’ identities or many specific details. John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor Keith Taylor praises the site as a step toward improving accountability, but says more data and narrative are needed.