Parker Space

They strongly criticize handing out stimulus checks to unauthorized immigrants and convicted criminals, but an immigrant rights activist argues essential workers cannot be left behind.

Police departments that already were prohibited from having ticket or arrest quotas in New Jersey now cannot use such data to evaluate an officer’s job performance, under a state law enacted on Thursday.

The budget Gov. Murphy signed this weekend includes $3.1M for immigrants fighting deportation — a boost of more than $1M from the last budget.

According to Assemblyman Parker Space, support is growing for his legislation that solidifies the non-hazardous duties junior firefighters may perform during training and at the scene of a fire.

The full Assembly voted Thursday to stop evaluating teachers in part on the progress their students make in standardized test scores.