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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has unveiled a sweeping energy plan that sets goals for shifting the state to 100% clean energy by 2050.

Inmates in New Jersey will now be counted as residents of their most recent address.

Lottery winners in New Jersey will have the option to remain anonymous under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy signed Tuesday.

The legislation was motivated by last year's closing of Toys R Us, which cost 2,000 employees their jobs in New Jersey.

New Jersey has set lofty new goals that aim to boost the number of electric vehicles in the state, establishing an incentive of as much as $5,000 for people who buy them.

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation expanding the definition of terrorism under state law in response to last month’s fatal attack on a kosher market in Jersey City.

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his second State of the State address.

New Jersey lawmakers are set to vote Monday on legislation to eliminate most religious exemptions for vaccines for schoolchildren.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration was “appalled” by details of sexual misconduct toward women in state politics after a recent article and aims to address the “deeply rooted culture of misogyny,” according to the lieutenant governor.

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation setting aside $9.5 million for family planning services to counteract a Trump administration rule barring clinics from referring women for abortions.

A bill that will let immigrants who cannot prove they're in the country legally get a driver's license is signed by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

Gov. Phil Murphy joined Jersey City's mayor in calling for a school board member to quit over comments she made about the shooting at a kosher market, referring to Jews as “brutes” and questioning whether the shooters had a point to make in attacking Jews.

Officials from states with strong gun restrictions have called for stricter firearm control in places with weaker laws to thwart traffickers, but the deadly mass shooting on a Jewish market in New Jersey shows how fruitless those efforts can be.

New Jersey lawmakers have advanced legislation to ban single-use plastic and paper bags, as well as plastic foam containers commonly used for takeout.

New Jersey Transit has released data showing how often its trains have been delayed or cancelled in the last three years.

New Jersey is accelerating its efforts to increase wind energy production.

New Jersey’s top lawmakers say they plan votes on getting a marijuana legalization referendum on the ballot, as well as bills to authorize expired business tax breaks and deal with lead in the water.

New Jersey will work to overhaul its criminal sentencing guidelines, slashing mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug and some other crimes.

Marijuana-related arrests in New Jersey jumped about 35% over a four-year period ending in 2017, according to a report released Friday by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.

New Jersey lawmakers probing the state's transit agency are holding their first hearing at the site of one of its darkest hours.