The 74-year-old who sat at Gov. Phil Murphy's side during his COVID-19 briefings and had a building named after her to honor her efforts will step down in August, she tells NJ.com.
The legislature's Joint Budget Oversight Committee Friday approved another $154.2M in spending for 42 items paid for by American Rescue Plan funds which leadership admitted includes some questionable items.
Gov. Murphy has lifted COVID-19 testing requirements for health care and congregate settings but has left the general state of emergency related to COVID in place.
New Jersey's rate of transmission (r/t) is 1.12, indicating an active spread of coronavirus. The state reported another 1,199 new confirmed cases on Monday.
The 64% who said they were optimistic represents a decline from 72% who said the same in 2021, but the comeback from the COVID-19 pandemic shaped a lot of that.