A handful of Republican lawmakers sided with Democrats in voting to increase the gas tax in New Jersey. The tax will automatically go up every year for the next five years.
New Jersey’s legislative district boundaries for the election of 2023 and beyond were approved Friday, a compromise map that pushes four veteran Democratic senators from North Jersey into two districts.
Retired Judge Philip Carchman, the court-appointed 11th member of the Apportionment Commission, says mediating a compromise map is "critical if not paramount."