Paul Sarlo

State racing to develop training for police so they're comfortable with how marijuana and alcohol possession among youth are to be handled.

A week after an unexpected veto, lawmakers approve a revised plan for extending outdoor dining rules through November 2022.

After just over a year and a half without a tax incentive program, a modified economic plan first pitched by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2018 is in place.

Senate adds random drug testing and tests for any suspicion to the bill, which evisions new industry of certified 'workplace impairment recognition experts.'

Senate and Assembly bills have some key differences in terms of how revenues would be spent and whether to limit growers as the industry gets started.

As it's written now, New Jersey's proposed law for adult cannabis use does not block workers in certain professions from smoking or ingesting marijuana on their own time.

Gov. Murphy strongly endorses allowing high school sports that are played outside.

Gyms were closed in mid-March and still don't know when the state will allow them to reopen. Some never will.

Citing COVID-19 disruptions, a bill moving through the Legislature would let students compete in fall sports before getting physicals and cardiac screenings.

Industry official indicates more than 3,000 restaurants are expected to fail. Outdoor dining starts next week after three months closed. Indoor? Who knows.

The NCAA is acting on the issue. The bill's sponsor says that's in part because more than 30 states are following California's lead in allowing endorsement pay.