Gov. Phil Murphy said the state’s priorities as laid out in the 2022 budget are to “build a New Jersey that emerges from the pandemic healthier and more resilient, both physically and economically.”

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Gov. Phil Murphy said the state’s priorities as laid out in the 2022 budget are to “build a New Jersey that emerges from the pandemic healthier and more resilient, both physically and economically.”
In the video, the former New Jersey governor states “This message isn’t for everyone. It’s for all those people who refuse to wear a mask.”
The first vaccine shot comes on the day New Jersey passed 16,000 total confirmed deaths associated with the coronavirus.
For the weekend of Dec. 12 and 13, the cumulative number of coronavirus cases in New Jersey reached 400,650 with 10,417 total new cases reported and 95 new deaths, bringing that total to 15,883.
As a vaccine for COVID-19 in the U.S. comes closer to a reality, New Jersey officials in the last 10 days have offered insight on how and when the vaccine will be distributed throughout the Garden State.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is at the forefront of an attempt to forge a coronavirus stimulus deal in Washington.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie acknowledge that he should have worn a mask while at the White House while in date preparation with President Donald Trump.
With key statistics for COVID-19 rising by the day, the state’s top health official is warning New Jersey could return to conditions from this past Spring
Democratic nominee Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump, 53% to 39%, among registered voters in the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll.
Christie is part of a cluster that has tested positive for COVID-19 that were in either close contact with President Donald Trump in the last week or attended the Rose Garden nomination announcement of Judge Amy Coney Bennett on Sept. 26 where a lack of social distancing or mask wearing is apparent.
Gov. Phil Murphy welcomed the federal agreement providing New Jersey with badly needed funds, but believes there is more that is needed. Additionally, the governor
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is working with North Jersey health officials to get more personal protective equipment for frontline nurses and doctors during the coronavirus pandemic.