Latest New Jersey Headlines
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Policy Expert Ochs Is NJ Gov. Sherrill’s Choice as Banking and Insurance Commissioner
Feb 4 2026 // New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill said she will be nominate Susan Ochs, a financial services and economic policy expert, as Commissioner of the Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI). Ochs served as a senior advisor...
New Jersey Announces $16 Million More in Medical Debt Relief
Jan 23 2026 // In the state’s seventh round of medical debt relief, outgoing Governor Phil Murphy announced that nearly 14,000 New Jersey residents will see almost $16 million in medical bills abolished. The relief is a result of...
New Jersey Extends Licensing, Insurance Mandate to All E-Bikes
Jan 22 2026 // In one of his final acts in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation into law to expand regulation of motorized bicycles to include all classes of electric bikes. The measure (S4834/A6235) updates the...
New Jersey Adds Job Protections for First Responders Diagnosed With PTSD
Jan 16 2026 // New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy yesterday signed into law a measure providing employment protections for paid first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder under certain conditions. The New Jersey First...
Four in New Jersey Face Charges in Alleged $250K Travel Insurance Scam
Jan 5 2026 // Four people have been indicted in New Jersey for their alleged roles in a scheme to file fraudulent travel insurance claims worth more than $250,000. They are accused of taking out multiple travel insurance policies and...
2 New Jersey Pilots Killed in Helicopter Collision Frequented Nearby Cafe Together
Jan 2 2026 // Two men who died after their helicopters collided midair in New Jersey last weekend both earned their private pilot licenses over a decade ago and would often have breakfast together at a cafe near the crash site before...
World Insurance Reports It Acquired The Fidella Agency of New Jersey
Dec 16 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced this week that it acquired the business of The Fidella Agency of Lakewood, New Jersey in September. Fidella was founded in 2011 by Joseph Deutsch. The agency specializes in commercial...
New Jersey Joins States Creating Volunteer Cybersecurity Corps
Dec 8 2025 // New Jersey is joining a number of other states in launching a volunteer cybersecurity force to support government entities, infrastructure providers, and community organizations across the state prevent and recover from...
New Jersey Vegetable Processing Firm Faces $1M OSHA Penalty After Worker Fatality
Nov 26 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited a fresh-cut vegetable processing company for willfully and repeatedly violating safety requirements after a worker was fatally injured while cleaning and sanitizing a machine. The...
World Insurance Adds New Jersey’s Mossbrook & Hicks Insurance Agency
Nov 26 2025 // New Jersey-based insurance broker World Insurance Associates reports that it acquired the business of Mossbrook & Hicks Insurance Agency of Cape May Court House, New Jersey on August 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction...
World Insurance Acquires Van Syckel Insurance of New Jersey
Nov 21 2025 // World Insurance Associates announced that it acquired the business of Van Syckel Insurance of Bound Brook, New Jersey on August 1, 2025. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Van Syckel Insurance, which was started...
Biggest NJ Health Insurer to Pay $100 Million in Whistleblower Suit
Nov 18 2025 // Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey agreed to pay $100 million to resolve allegations that the health-insurance company had ripped off taxpayers by overpaying for care, in a pact made public on Friday. The...
NJ NAACP, Latino Groups Say Regulators Aid Discrimination in Auto Insurance Rates
Nov 18 2025 // The New Jersey NAACP and two Latino groups last week filed suit against the state Department of Banking and Insurance, charging that the agency encourages discrimination in auto insurance rates by allowing insurers to use...
Two-Year-Old Falls From 20-Story New Jersey Apartment Building
Nov 17 2025 // Authorities in New Jersey are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who was reported to have fallen from a 20th-story window. Newark police were called to a high-rise apartment building at 7 a.m. Saturday on the...
New Jersey Settles 2, Initiates 5 New Environmental Enforcement Lawsuits
Nov 14 2025 // New Jersey officials announced five new environmental enforcement actions in communities considered overburdened under New Jersey’s Environmental Justice Law and the settlement of two previous environmental justice...
Four Indicted for Roles in New Jersey Home Invasion, Auto Theft Ring
Nov 10 2025 // New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) reported that four men were charged in a 61-count indictment for their respective roles in an auto theft and home invasion ring. The...
New Jersey Claims Amazon Discriminated Against Pregnant, Disabled Workers
Oct 23 2025 // The state of New Jersey sued Amazon.com on Wednesday, accusing the company of unlawfully refusing workplace accommodations to warehouse employees who have disabilities or were pregnant and firing some who asked for...
New Jersey Panel Issues Recommendations on Social Media Use by Teens
Sep 23 2025 // Students should be banned from using cell phones in school, parents should delay their child’s access to social media, and social media companies should restrict access for users younger than 16. Those are among the...
New Jersey Requires Testing and Disclosure of Lead in Water Systems
Sep 22 2025 // New Jersey has enacted new requirements around testing and disclosure of lead in public water systems. The new law (A2929/S1034) requires landlords to report information about the known or potential presence of lead in...
Lyft Pays New Jersey $19.4 Million Over Misclassifying 100,000 Drivers
Sep 19 2025 // Transportation company Lyft has paid the state of New Jersey $19.4 million to settle a case involving misclassification of more than 100,000 drivers as independent contractors. According to the New Jersey Department of...
