Phil Murphy

Word that New Jersey’s gasoline tax will not go up this fall is being welcomed by retailers across the state

TRENTON, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey’s aid in dying law is back in effect, even as appeals are being considered by the state’s highest court. North Jersey physician Yosef Glassman’s efforts to declare the law unconstitutional will be considered in October by Judge Paul Innes, who issued the...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A New Jersey court decided doctors may once again help terminally ill patients in the Garden State end their lives. The state's aid-in-dying law, or medically assisted suicide, was temporarily put on hold after a Superior Court ruling two weeks ago. The law would...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants an accurate picture of the delays and cancellations that have plagued the Atlantic City Rail Line and other New Jersey Transit trains for the last several years. Murphy has signed an executive order mandating that NJ Transit make...

SOUTH JERSEY (KYW Newsradio) — Changes are on the horizon for New Jersey’s controversial tax on shore house rentals. Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Friday that would limit the scope of rentals that are subject to the tax. The 11.6 percent tax, which went into effect last year, is similar to...

TRENTON, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — A new law that takes effect Thursday in New Jersey will allow those with a terminal illness — who have less than six months to live — the right to end their lives with the help of a physician willing to take part in the process. But if history is any indicator, don’t...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey's public schools are the second-best in the country according to a new ranking by personal-finance website WalletHub . "It's great to see that recognized," said Steve Baker with the New Jersey Education Association. The ranking is based on measurements...

NEW JERSEY, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey has its lowest unemployment rate since jobless numbers have been compiled by the federal government. The June jobless number is down at 3.5%. That’s the lowest it’s ever been in the 43 years that the federal government has kept state unemployment...

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey is joining two neighboring states to the north in filing a federal lawsuit that, if successful, would remove caps on state and local tax deductions imposed by the IRS as part of the Trump tax plan. The suit, which includes New York and Connecticut,...

NEWARK, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) — New Jersey is changing the rules for prison inmates to be held in solitary confinement. The Corrections Department made changes under an order from Gov. Phil Murphy, who has now approved a bill that makes those rules the law of the land. "It makes New Jersey a leader...