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December 16, 2021

New Jersey Politics

Politics

Will there be a child tax credit in 2022?

The expanded child tax credit ends Dec. 31 unless Congress votes to extend it.

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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New Jersey Marijuana

Black businesses feel shafted as N.J. gets set to choose who can grow and sell weed legally

Ownership among people of color is missing from state-issued permits in the state's burgeoning cannabis market.

By Jelani Gibson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Coronavirus

A year after N.J.’s first COVID vaccine, Murphy urges residents to get their booster shots

Gov. Phil Murphy visited University Hospital in Newark one year after the state's first vaccine dose was administered there.

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Opinion

NJ Transit still needs major reforms. And that’s Murphy’s blind spot | Editorial

A real Customer Advocate could tell him that.

By Star-Ledger Editorial Board

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News

N.J. hires consultant to help shut down troubled women’s prison

There is no timetable on when the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women could be closed.

By Joe Atmonavage | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Politics

Menendez slips, fractures shoulder in rush to get to U.S. Senate floor for vote

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez fell while running for a vote. He fractured his right shoulder.

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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