New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy extended the state’s COVID-19 emergency on Tuesday after the state Senate speaker declined to schedule voting on a bill extending it for 45 days. On Monday, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat, announced that a bill to extend the governor’s emergency powers in response to COVID-19 would not be…
New Jersey Governor Arbitrarily Declares COVID-19 Emergency After Senate Declines to Vote on Extension
January 12, 2022
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Mask Mandate to Remain in Place in New Jersey Schools, Governor Says
January 11, 2022
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said the statewide mask mandate for schools will continue “for the foreseeable future,” even after his last remaining public health emergency powers expire. Under an agreement reached last summer between Murphy and state lawmakers, all of Murphy’s administrative orders, directives, and waivers that relied on the existence of the public…
New Jersey Assembly Temporarily Changed Vaccine Mandate to Test Requirement After GOP Protest
January 10, 2022
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New Jersey state assembly speaker announced on Jan. 7 that all assembly members and staffers will be required to present a negative COVID-19 test result regardless of their vaccination status to enter the legislative premises. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, a Democrat, said in a statement that all who intend to access the Assembly Chambers of the…
Most COVID-19 Patients in New Jersey Hospitalized Admitted for Non-COVID Reasons: Officials
The bulk of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Jersey were actually admitted for a reason other than COVID-19, officials said Monday. Of the 6,075 people with COVID-19 and hospitalized in the state, just 2,963 were admitted for COVID-19, New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said during a briefing. “We have a fair number of what…
Most Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in New Jersey Admitted for Non-COVID Reasons: Officials
The bulk of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New Jersey were actually admitted for a reason other than COVID-19, officials said Monday. Of the 6,075 people with COVID-19 and hospitalized in the state, just 2,963 were admitted for COVID-19, New Jersey Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said during a briefing. “We have a fair number of what…
California, New Jersey Activate National Guard to Help With COVID-19 Response
The governors of California and New Jersey this week activated National Guard troops to assist with their COVID-19 response. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said Guard members would be deploying to long-term care facilities such as nursing homes throughout the state because some of them are struggling to maintain adequate staffing. “This deployment…
Blue States Ask Supreme Court to Review SALT Tax Deduction Caps
January 5, 2022
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After losing in the lower courts, four Democratic-dominated northeastern states are asking the Supreme Court to consider their legal challenge to the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions imposed by then-President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax law. The case is New York v. Yellen. Janet Yellen is being sued in her official capacity as secretary…
Facts Matter (Dec. 30): 7 States Rebel Against Pentagon: Won’t Comply with National Guard Vaccine Mandates
December 30, 2021
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The state of New Jersey recently reached a $53 million settlement with the families of senior citizens who died in state-run veteran care facilities. That settlement was centered around the question of how the government handled the COVID-19 outbreak among the seniors. As vaccine mandates are being handed down across the entire military, seven states…
Princeton University Delays Start of Spring Semester, Bans Students From Leaving the County
As part of Princeton University’s response to the recent uptick in COVID-19 cases in New Jersey, students returning to campus from winter break will not be allowed to travel outside of the county unless they have “extraordinary” reasons. The earliest return date for the Ivy League school’s undergraduate students, who are currently on a recess,…
New Jersey to Pay $53 Million Over COVID-19 Deaths in State-Run Veteran Homes
The state of New Jersey is set to pay around $53 million as a settlement to the families of 119 seniors who died as a result of alleged mishandling of COVID-19 outbreaks inside the state’s veteran care facilities, according to a report. Each of the families will receive an average of $445,000, with exact amounts…
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