If you have to visit the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission office, you must have an appointment. The Commission announced that all of its offices are switching over to appointment-only scheduling to cut down on the number of people who visit. This policy goes into effect Monday.
New Jersey reported an additional 71 deaths from coronavirus on Saturday, along with 6,247 cases. There have been nearly 700 deaths from the virus this month alone, and we have already surpassed the number of deaths from the previous month. The rate of transmission continues to tick up.
A delivery driver for Amazon told police in Logan Township that he was tossing feces into the woods. Turned out, it was really about $300 worth of delivery packages. NJ Advance Media reports that a 23 year old driver from Delaware was spotted throwing a large box into the woods. Police think the driver was…
New Jersey added 5,370 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, along with 68 additional deaths. The State also reports 52 hospital deaths over the past 24 hours. The rate of transmission of the virus is back on the way up, at 1.12 percent. There have been over 386,000 cases of the virus in New Jersey since…
New Jersey Republican Party Chairman Doug Steinhardt is running for governor in 2021. Steinhardt announced this week that he’s seeking his party’s endorsement to challenge Phil Murphy, and he will very likely get it. NJ Advance Media reports that the official announcement comes tomorrow. Photo courtesy of New Jersey GOP website.
Atlantic City Electric is seeking a rate hike of 6.89 percent. The average residential customer would pay an additional nine dollars per month for electricity, if approved. The utility justifies the rate hike due to various infrastructure improvements that have resulted in record reliability.
Unemployment for tens of thousands of New Jersey residents has been extended another 20 weeks by Governor Murphy. Murphy signed a bill late Wednesday that will extend the benefits for these individuals who have not been able to find a job during the pandemic. The bill sailed through both the Assembly and Senate with zero…
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy outlined two models Wednesday that show the absolute worst-case scenarios for the state if everyone let their guard down regarding coronavirus. The models show under a worst-case scenario of 12,000 new cases of the virus reported on January 14th, or 9,932 cases reported on February 1st. Other models were also…
New Jersey is reporting 4,665 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours. State officials say there are over 3,500 people hospitalized by the virus. The rate of transmission has creeped up to 1.10 percent.
A top Trenton republican will not be seeking the top job in the State next year. NJ Advance Media reports that Assemblyman John Bramnick will instead seek re-election to his Assembly seat in 2021. Bramnick is currently the highest ranking republican in the New Jersey Assembly.