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MVC Agencies Reopen Next Week. Here’s What Drivers Need To Know.
If there’s an indication of demand for the state Motor Vehicle Commission’s agencies to reopen, it might be the people who showed up at the Bakers Basin agency in Lawrence Township on Tuesday, looking for answers, even though it won’t open for another six days.
Video: Lawmaker Herb Conaway Discusses Efforts To Close Racial Gap In Health Care
Chair of Assembly Health Committee wants a task force to explore why minority communities have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19
Murphy Backs Plan To Protect N.J. Low-Income Communities From More Pollution
As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, the day commemorating when slavery finally ended in America, Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday announced he’s throwing his support behind a long-stalled proposal to strengthen environmental protections for low-income communities with large minority populations in New Jersey.
Murphy Endorses Burlington County Lawmaker’s Environmental Justice Measure
Gov. Phil Murphy rarely weighs in about legislation before it reaches his desk, but he chose to make an unusual public endorsement of a long-stalled environmental justice bill.
Murphy Unveils Plan To Make NJ Hub Of East Coast’s Offshore Wind Industry
The New Jersey Wind Port in Salem County would be the assembly point for massive turbines and other components of offshore wind farms
Getting Real About Bringing Solar Programs, Benefits To Lower-Income New Jerseyans
Solar systems have sprouted across the state, but rarely in poorer communities; the Board of Public Utilities and state lawmakers are trying to change that
Murphy Looking To Borrow Nearly $2B From Feds To Keep Unemployment Fund Solvent
Loan would cover unemployment fund — which has paid out more than $6 billion in recent weeks — through end of October
NJ Gun Restrictions Stand As U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Appeal
After refusing to rule on a challenge to New York City gun restrictions because they were rescinded while the case was pending, the court turned away all potential replacements that would have given its conservative justices a chance to strengthen the Second Amendment.