The Legislature must agree when over $10 million in federal recovery funds is allocated. The state twice transferred $10M to the Excluded New Jerseyans Fund.
Income taxes would be cut, property taxes would be helped by municipal and school aid and residents would get rebate checks under Assembly GOP budget sketch.
Lawmakers push the MVC to restore all transactions to all agencies. but its chief says the current split system is so efficient they're not going back.
It wasn't known at the time, but state data shows around 500 people who later tested COVID+ already had symptoms by March 4, 2020. Many more were never tested.
A new bill with bipartisan support would give New Jersey pet owners the option of surrendering unwanted animals to shelters anonymously with no consequences.
Expungement of criminal records advanced easily. But vote on switching to civil fine for possession was shelved, revived, then advanced without discussion.