New Jersey starts program offering free beer at select breweries to vaccinated
Any New Jerseyan 21 and older who gets their first vaccine dose during the month of May can bring their vaccination card to a participating brewery to get a free beer.
NJ to do away with some COVID-19 restrictions, expand capacity limits May 19
New Jersey will lift all COVID-19 outdoor gathering limits and remove a 50% capacity limit on indoor restaurants and bars beginning on May 19 as long as social distancing can be maintained, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday.
Gov. Phil Murphy announces the 'Your Voice, Your Shot' video contest to encourage vaccination
Governor Phil Murphy announced the "Your Voice, Your Shot" video contest which urges New Jersey residents to share why they and others are getting vaccinated.
West Deptford High plans for graduation now that outdoor capacity is expanding
West Deptford High School, in Gloucester County, happily plans graduation for seniors now that NJ capacity limits are set to expand in May.
Murphy proposes new ambitious gun control, safety measures in New Jersey
Anticipating political pushback, Murphy rejected the idea of not enacting more gun control laws because New Jersey already has strict firearm safety measures in place.
Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause won’t impact NJ's push to open eligibility on Monday, Murphy says
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said Wednesday that the indefinite pause on the Johnson & Johnson one-shot COVID-19 vaccine will not have an impact on the state's plan to open eligibility to all adults on Monday.
New Jersey raises capacity limits at outdoor gatherings on Friday
Outdoor gatherings in New Jersey can increase capacity to 200 people on Friday and certain religious outings no longer have crowd restrictions as the Garden State carefully peels back more of its COVID-19 restrictions.
'The light is real': Murphy sees hopeful future despite recent uptick in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Despite an increase in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in New Jersey over the last several weeks, Gov. Phil Murphy believes the light at the end of the tunnel is getting larger.
Gov. Murphy urges caution amid spike of COVID-19 cases
With New Jersey expecting a record allotment this week of nearly half a million doses, Gloucester County hopes to up its daily tally to as many as 8,000 shots.
New Jersey will expand vaccine eligibility to include those 55+ in April
New Jersey will expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility beginning April 5 to people ages 55 and older, as well as to people 16 and older if they have intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Booker aide tapped for cannabis panel after NAACP pressure
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday named a staffer for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and member of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network to the new state commission charged with setting up and regulating recreational marijuana.
New Jersey schools should be all in person in fall, Murphy says
There should be no option for remote learning, and all students should be back in person when the new school year starts in September, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday.
New Jersey allows restaurants, some business to expand capacity to 50% on Friday
New Jersey allowed restaurants and some businesses to expand their indoor capacity to 50% starting Friday as the Garden State continues to see a manageable decline in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.
Parents must be told after 1st cannabis arrest under bill NJ lawmakers pushed forward
Under the law Gov. Murphy signed in February, a first offense would result in a written warning. The law makes it clear that the person’s parent or guardian is not to be notified.
New Jersey GOP questions Murphy’s COVID-19 handling in hearing
Rebuffed by the Democrats who control the Legislature, New Jersey Republican lawmakers Friday conducted their own hearing on Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s management of the coronavirus pandemic, questioning his administration’s handling of the virus in nursing homes.
N.J. Gov. Murphy signs bill requiring schools teach diversity, inclusion
Governor Phil Murphy, with the stroke of a pen, signs a bill into law requiring diversity and inclusion to be taught in New Jersey schools.
Murphy proposes $44.8B budget, boosting pension, school aid
Murphy’s proposal includes no new taxes or fees and relatively few spending cuts, mostly in the form of savings from what his administration says are underused programs.
Deadline for Murphy to act on marijuana bill moved to Monday
For a third time, the Democrat-led Assembly has moved a deadline for Gov. Phil Murphy to act on legislation setting up New Jersey’s recreational marijuana plan.
NJ allows parents and guardians to attend high school, youth sporting events
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Friday signed an executive order that immediately allows a limited number of parents and guardians to attend high school and youth sporting events.
Gov. Murphy to quarantine after family member tests positive
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s office says he is canceling in-person public events because a member of his family has tested positive for COVID-19.