State lawmakers are set to vote Monday on a package of bills to make New Jersey’s gun laws even tougher — and Gov. Phil Murphy has vowed to sign them all if they reach his desk. The state Assembly will consider six measures at the Statehouse in Trenton, including one to reduce magazine capacity, another to…
Government News
Gov News is news provided by local, municipal, county, state, regional, federal, international, military and law enforcement agencies.
Big N.J. gun control bills set for votes on Monday, and Phil Murphy vows to sign them
A new legal weed plan allows for hundreds of dispensaries across N.J.
A state lawmaker has unveiled a plan to legalize marijuana that would permit hundreds of dispensaries across New Jersey and would allow people to grow a small number of plants at home. Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-Mercer, quietly introduced the bill last week after months of speculation about when it would drop and what it would contain.…
More Money Murphy Proposes $242 Million Increase to NJ Transit
Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $37.4 billion budget plows $242 million more into NJ Transit, but advocates said it was unclear if it would avoid a possible fare increase. Added funding for the agency’s operations would be in addition to $141 million allocated in the fiscal year 2018 budget for a total of $383 million for NJ…
Murphy’s Uber New Tax Increase Plan Includes Tax on Uber
Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled an ambitious progressive agenda Tuesday when he pulled back the curtain on his $37.4 billion state budget proposal. The spending plan is a $2.7 billion jump over the state’s last budget signed by former Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican. Murphy, a Democrat, wants to, among other things, fully fund schools and the…
Murphy Makes Good on Tax Increase Promises by Raising Sales Tax in New Jersey
Gov. Phil Murphy is set Tuesday to unveil his first state budget proposal that will include more than $1.5 billion in new revenue from taxes and closing loopholes, including a small spike in the state’s sale tax, NJ Advance Media has learned. The extra revenue would also come from a proposed millionaires tax, closures of corporate…
AG must fork over $1.3M to former detective who filed whistleblower suit
The New Jersey Attorney General’s office will have to abide by the terms of a $1.3 million settlement it agreed to in order to end a whistleblower suit from a former detective. The New Jersey Law Journal reported that the office had agreed to pay the amount in January but then tried to set additional requirements…
You’ve been smacked with $1B in surprise medical bills, Jersey. Now lawmakers are acting.
An Assembly panel approved legislation Monday its supporters said would protect patients from getting socked with bills from out-of-network doctors and hospitals — a $1 billion problem lawmakers have failed to settle for nearly a decade. The legislation would protect thousands of New Jerseyans covered by state-regulated health plans from “balance-billing,” or paying what an insurance…