Nicholas Scutari

NJ Senate President kills efforts to allow self-serve gas in NJ

Cable and internet company says few customers exceed 1.2 TB threshold. Lawmakers says it's ill-timed when people are working and attending school at home.

Rules for adult-use recreational marijuana, which voters green-lighted in a Nov. 3 referendum, now await Gov. Phil Murphy's signature.

Latest and last group of amendments includes a cap on growers through 2022 and leaves business groups unhappy about workplace testing plans.

As lawmakers decide whether to require workplace impairment recognition experts, a police DRE group says the training is quite rigorous.

Legislation has been introduced in the Assembly that would move over into its own bill an amendment to downgrade penalties for psychedelic mushroom possession.

Senate adds random drug testing and tests for any suspicion to the bill, which evisions new industry of certified 'workplace impairment recognition experts.'

Senate and Assembly bills have some key differences in terms of how revenues would be spent and whether to limit growers as the industry gets started.

As it's written now, New Jersey's proposed law for adult cannabis use does not block workers in certain professions from smoking or ingesting marijuana on their own time.

Municipalities can prohibit sales, but not until there's a state law on the books.

Sponsors of the legislation heard no shortage of complaints and suggested changes from colleagues and industry advocates, but plans seem to still point to votes by the full houses before the end of November.

Legislation is about to be introduced to set up recreational cannabis rules and regulations, while a separate bill calls for decriminalizing pot possession.