The proposed law that cleared the full Senate in July and now awaits action in the Assembly would add pregnant women, in certain cases, to the pool of workers eligible for donated leave.
A report suggesting changes to NJ's medical marijuana program will be filed by March 24. "An entire slew of recommendations," says acting health commissioner.
New Jersey will expand the availability of long-acting reversible contraception methods through its Medicare program, which covers more than 300,000 women.
Gov. Chris Christie capped two terms as governor with a glossy look back at his eight years in Trenton in his last and longest State of the State speech Tuesday.
The cascade of stories about powerful men who had engaged in sexual misconduct, only to have the settlements of subsequent lawsuits kept secret, may prompt state lawmakers to act to require records of such payments to be public.
Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg heads to Washington for the day Thursday, waiting to kick-start a 15-year quest to require personalized "smart guns" on the shelves of New Jersey gun retailers.
Sen. Diane Allen has negotiated an equal-pay compromise with Gov. Chris Christie -- but Democrats aren't on board, so the issue may wait for a new governor.