Murphy signs law abolishing 'freeholder' title
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation abolishing the county-level title of freeholder, which sponsors say alludes to a time when Black people and women were excluded from government.
Gov. Murphy: Too many residents refuse to cooperate with contact tracers
Contact tracers are reaching out to New Jersey residents. But more than half the people contacted aren't fully cooperating with the tracers.
Trump re-election campaign sues NJ over mail-in ballots
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has sued New Jersey in a bid to stop the state’s plans to conduct the general election mostly by mail.
Atilis gym fined $130,000 for defying closure orders
A judge has imposed nearly $130,000 in fines against the owners of a gym that has repeatedly defied Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order to remain closed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Federal judge upholds executive order to keep NJ movie theaters closed
Movie theaters in New Jersey will remain closed, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Newark schools to go fully remote at start of new school year
Students in New Jersey's largest public school system will not be going back to the classroom for the start of the new school year.
New Jersey to mail all voters ballots for Nov. election, still offer in-person option
The governor was discussing the changes made by the state during their postponed and nearly all-mail primary on July 7 and announced they would be expanding on that model for the general election.
NJ allows all-remote start for schools
In a reversal of plans, NJ Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday that school districts can start the academic year in an all-remote learning environment.
NJ Supreme Court allows state to borrow $10M to close budget gap
Calling it an “unprecedented" ruling, New Jersey's Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously upheld a law authorizing the governor to borrow nearly $10 billion to close budget gaps opened by the coronavirus outbreak.
Gov. Murphy reports positive signs in COVID-19 trends
New Jersey's COVID-19 trends are going in the right direction after rising slightly for about a week.
NJ rolls back limit for indoor gatherings to 25 from 100
The restriction on the number of people who can lawfully gather indoors was rolled back Monday in New Jersey as the state continues to see an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases.
Virus expenses nearly triple in NJ to $573M through July
New Jersey’s expenses responding to the coronavirus crisis have nearly tripled since May, climbing from $197 million to $573 million, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
Gov. Murphy: Rise in NJ COVID-19 cases ‘setting off alarms’
The number of COVID-19 cases in New Jersey are continuing to climb and are “setting off alarms,” according to New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy.
Concerns grow in New Jersey over rise in COVID-19 cases, indoor parties blamed
Officials in New Jersey are sounding the alarm over a recent increase in COVID-19 cases across the state.
