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The deadline for residents to submit documents to receive money from the Excluded New Jerseyans Fund has been extended through Nov. 30.

After Hurricane Sandy flooded Robert Lukasiewicz's home a block from the bay in Atlantic City, the problems piled up.
NJ Transit will modify five stations on the northeast corridor line to improve accessibility for residents with disabilities.
New Jersey already bans smoking in parks and on beaches, but it could soon extend that prohibition to a slew of other public spaces.
“Let’s not be sucked into a narrative around failure, but rather what schools need to support our students,” Rachel Goldberg said.
New Jersey lawmakers want to let police officers into some polling places, but they'd prefer no one know they're law enforcement.
“My assumption going into this year was always that it was going to be a challenging environment,” Kim said.
Clustered centers for production, storage and use of hydrogen as a crucial piece of the puzzle for decarbonizing the US economy.
The measure’s quick march to passage comes as two federal judges in New York ruled against that state’s new gun law.
Marjorie Taylor Greene knows her party’s base and its obsessions because they are her obsessions; she knows her party’s leadership.
One senator wants to expand the state’s power to audit public universities’ spending of taxpayer dollars.
“It costs the taxpayers even more money every time they go to court,” she said. “Verizon, of course, they have deep pockets.”
The fight over New Jersey’s 7th District has become one of the most closely watched contests in the nation.
Temporary disability insurance rates will drop from 0.14% to zero, while family leave contribution rates will decrease by more than half.
“There were a couple of times I had to commute and that was really, really hard and exhausting just physically,” she said.
Business groups oppose the bill, calling its provisions onerous and saying it might drive staffing agencies out of business.
Incumbents have maintained funding advantages they’ve nurtured all cycle, according to campaign finance filings.
He also told supporters that if Republicans take control of the House, they will try to pass a national ban on abortion.
“This government is using this tournament to try to increase their reputation around the world,” Sen. Andrew Zwicker (D-Middlesex) said.
Environmentalists called the meetings “a good sign,” but said more frequent and catastrophic storms demand urgency.