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State Police change their minds, again, on statehouse vaccination checkpoint

December 5, 2021 7:13 pm

The New Jersey State Police is backing off an order from this afternoon and will not check vaccination records at the statehouse garage. “I was just notified by the NJSP of a change to the previous notification,” said Steven Pietrzak,...

State Police will seek vaccination proof at statehouse garage, Treasury Department says

December 5, 2021 6:36 pm

The New Jersey State Police will now screen visitors to the statehouse complex at the entrances to the garage and will require identification and proof of vaccination or evidence of a recent negative Covid test result before they’ll be allowed...

Drennan: ‘No one should be above the law — especially elected lawmakers’

December 3, 2021 3:54 pm

OPINION Well, what a week we had in Trenton. I have been here for more than 20 years, and Thursday was the first time I saw legislators decide to be truly uncivil. First, let’s think about civility. Civility is formal...

Four ways to redistrict Atlantic County

December 3, 2021 2:15 pmDecember 5, 2021 2:19 pm

As mapmakers on the Legislative Apportionment Commission gear up to draw the legislative maps that will shape New Jersey politics for the next decade, one of the problems they’ll be faced with is an age-old question: how should Atlantic County...

Durr tries to shift focus from capitol vax mandate to nursing home deaths

December 3, 2021 10:09 am

In a statement released today, State Sen.-elect Ed Durr criticized Democrats for concentrating on yesterday’s Republican rebellion against the state capitol’s vaccine-or-test mandate, insisting that the party should instead focus on Covid deaths in nursing homes incurred early in the...

Assembly passes bill raising poll worker pay to $300

December 2, 2021 5:43 pmDecember 3, 2021 4:35 pm

While substantive legislation was far from the main focus of today’s voting sessions at the New Jersey State Capitol, the Senate and Assembly did in fact pass a number of bills, among them an Assembly bill that would raise poll...

Assembly holds truncated voting session after a tumultuous day

December 2, 2021 5:29 pmDecember 3, 2021 12:00 pm

Following a chaotic day that witnessed a multi-hour standoff over the state capitol’s vaccine-or-test mandate, the Assembly held a brief voting session in relative normality this afternoon, passing a total of seven bills. The capitol’s vaccine-or-test requirement, which went into...