Declan O'Scanlon

It has now been 19 months since the expiration of a 2% cap on the awards that arbitrators can make when settling deadlocked police and fire contracts.

A significant expansion of New Jersey’s medical marijuana program was endorsed Monday by committees on both sides of the Legislature and could reach Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk by the end of the month.

After multiple surgeries, a boy from Howell underwent debilitating chemotherapy and radiation treatments. His father said the only drug that would relieve the pain and nausea was medical marijuana.

But even the measure's sponsor says he's hopeful the legislation doesn't prove necessary.

The state is counting on a robust but not unprecedented $3 billion in income taxes this month, exceeding what the tax generated in a whole year before 1991.

Homestead benefits once accounted for $1 of every $15 the state spent. They're now $1 of every $135. Inflation pushes out tens of thousands of homes each year.

But major hurdles remain about getting the proposed measure passed in the Assembly and State Senate.

“The problem is the Republicans are at a structural disadvantage,” said Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute.

A bill that has taken its first wobbly steps in Trenton would ban the sale of baby walkers in New Jersey over concerns that young children continue to get injured in the devices despite safety improvements.

State Sen. Declan O'Scanlon has introduced River's Law, which creates the category of aggravated animal abuse, a crime that can put someone behind bars for up to 10 years with a fine of up to $150,000.