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Murphy signs sweeping New Jersey e-bike law expanding insurance and licensing rules
What New Jersey’s new e-bike law means: licensing, insurance and crash rules explained
Sherrill order No. 2 directs utilities and state agencies to speed solar, storage and grid projects
The order is the second of two she signed during her inauguration speech as part of her promise…
What Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s first executive order does to address soaring electric bills in New Jersey
She signed the order during her inauguration speech.
Mikie Sherrill takes office as New Jersey governor, announces moves to control utility costs
The new governor signed two executive orders during her inauguration speech.
Camden scrap recycler EMR sued by New Jersey attorney general and DEP over hazardous fires
Recurring fires filled homes with smoke and chemical odors, triggering asthma attacks and other respiratory illnesses.
Murphy restores jury service eligibility for people with past convictions in New Jersey
Executive order lifts jury exclusions for residents who’ve completed sentences, broadening jury pools, renewing calls for a permanent…
Stealth $128 million New Jersey budget bill would fund World Cup marketing, county projects, NJEDA supercomputer infrastructure
The text of the bill was not made public before the vote and no public comment was allowed…
Detained in New Jersey
Investigating immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation in the Garden State
