The NJDEP is considering a recommendation by a panel of scientists to set a stricter standard for a chemical in drinking water that is believed to cause cancer.
More than $3.5 billion in toll money will be redirected to NJ Transit over the next seven years, under an agreement approved by New Jersey Turnpike Authority commissioners Tuesday.
The Legislature begins its review of Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget Tuesday, with the typical four-month marathon turned into a sprint concluding in three weeks.
Environmental and transportation activists who oppose spending $16B to widen parts of the Parkway and Turnpike are suggesting $36B in what they say are better ideas – most of it transit projects.
A bill banning single-use plastic and paper bags at NJ retailers was not passed in the now-expiring legislative session, though the idea’s chief proponent says it will be taken up again in two weeks as the new term begins.