Gov. Phil Murphy canceled in-person events and began voluntarily quarantining after a family member tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 10.

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Gov. Phil Murphy canceled in-person events and began voluntarily quarantining after a family member tested positive for COVID-19 on Feb. 10.
Over the Jan. 23-24 weekend, the state reported 10,728 new COVID-19 cases and 80 confirmed deaths, bringing those respective cumulative totals to 662,808 and 20,951.
On Jan. 18, the state reported 3,511 new COVID-19 cases and 23 confirmed deaths, bringing those respective cumulative totals to 668,573 and 20,458.
State health officials are bracing for and expected COVID-19 surge over the next month.
New Jersey has joined a legal battle to determine whether remote workers no longer commuting into the office can have their income taxed by other states.
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” him enough votes to overturn the presidential election
Among those President Donald Trump granted clemency to was Charles Kushner, convicted in 2005 on charges brought by the then-U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Chris Christie.
But Gov. Phil Murphy continues his plea for residents to cooperate with contact tracers.
Young adults are the fastest-growing age group of residents testing positive for the coronavirus in New Jersey.
On the first day New Jersey started Phase 2 of its reopening, state officials offered a timeline for organized sports shutdown by COVID-19 to resume.
New Jersey is offering three graduation models to school districts to allow celebrations for the Class of 2020 in the coming months.
Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr., call for Federal Emergency Management Agency to continue its support for two COVID-19 testing sites in Bergen and Monmouth counties was heard.
With Memorial Day weekend less than two weeks away, Gov. Phil Murphy recently gave his most expansive answer on how he sees the opening of beaches and lakes amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Gov. Phil Murphy came out swinging again against Washington during the state’s daily coronavirus briefing April 23. The governor said U.S. Treasury guidance on how states can use funding from the CARES Act “renders much of this funding unusable.”