Gerry Scharfenberger

The optional event for "Take your child to work" day was promptly canceled after conservatives complained. Now, progressives are mad.

A state law enacted earlier this year bars police from polling places, to ensure residents – in particular minority ones who might feel more nervous about police interactions – aren’t discouraged from voting.

With May quarterly payments in the bank, the state was able to temporarily pay down its unemployment borrowing. It won't' be fully solvent until mid-2024.

The NAACP is holding its national conference in Atlantic City this summer and the state might spend $2 million to help make that happen.

The Senate passed its bill and an Assembly committee endorsed its bill. But the plans differ on whether to include hybrid, hydrogen, and natural gas vehicles.

"I am by no means anti-vaccine, I am anti-mandatory vaccine," Assemblyman Gerry Scharfenberger told New Jersey 101.5.

Despite pleas from the business community, New Jersey's minimum hourly rate will jump to $12 in January 2021.