John Burzichelli

State lawmakers hold their first hearings of the new session Monday, and they’ll start by tackling some long-blocked priorities that will get new life under Gov. Phil Murphy.

New Jersey's rules surrounding liquor licenses are archaic and in great need of modernization, according to certain individuals close to the issue.

It’s now up to Gov. Chris Christie to decide whether to ask voters if the state should borrow $125 million to improve public libraries around New Jersey.

The Statehouse renovation project, which will cost approximately $500 million to repay once interest costs are taken into account, will apparently not require direct approval by the Legislature or voters.

Gov. Chris Christie is proposing to increase and expand fees by more than $20 million to support the budget of the state Department of Law and Public Safety.

The Assembly Regulatory Oversight and Reform and Federal Relations Committee could vote in the coming weeks on a proposed measure to create new liquor licenses for restaurants.

New Jersey has some of the most restrictive laws in the nation when it comes to allowing restaurants to sell liquor to customers. But plans are moving forward to change things.

New Jersey on Monday could become the first state to stop requiring legal notices to be printed in newspapers, spreading them out instead to government-owned websites.

It doesn't directly attack billionaire Carl Icahn's decision to close the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, but the investor appears to be the target of legislation up for consideration Monday morning in the Assembly.

The Assembly plans to vote Thursday on a thorny, somber moral issue: Should terminally ill patients be able to end their life when they choose, with the help of their doctor?