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A day before families are set to receive their first advance child tax credit payment, a group of Democratic lawmakers are calling for it to be made permanent.

The racial wealth gap in the U.S. is more of a chasm. “Baby bonds” have become one proposal to help close the great divide.

Regina LaBelle, the acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, urged “swift passage” of the EQUAL Act.

A group of senators proposed a plan Monday to get rid of the co-called step-up in basis and tax unrealized capital gains at death.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has named a staffer for U.S. Sen. Cory Booker and member of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network to the new state commission charged with setting up and regulating recreational marijuana

Democrats push to make $3,000 child tax credit permanent as new research shows expanded credit lifts 10 million children above or closer to the poverty line.

The senators said the AI-equipped cameras from Netradyne raise privacy and surveillance concerns.

Many states have legalized marijuana to some degree. A trio of senators wants to repeal the federal cannabis prohibition and provide relief for pot convictions.

Election Day this year marks the end, not the start, of voting across New Jersey as voters decide on the president, Senate, House and whether to legalize recreational marijuana.

NBC10’s Cydney Long visited multiple polling places in New Jersey on Election Day as voters weigh in on recreational marijuana and the races for U.S. president and U.S. Senate. Some people voted in person while others dropped off their ballots that were already mailed to them.

With more than 58 million people who have cast their ballots across the country, more early ballots have been cast now compared to the 2016 election. A new law in New Jersey says that some of those ballots will begin to be counted this week. NBC10 South Jersey Bureau Reporter Cydney Long has the details.

Sen. Cory Booker speaks about the confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett chose not to answer questions posed to her by Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., during Wednesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., made the case for delaying the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court until after the elections, saying, “What is going on in America today, in the midst of a deadly pandemic, in an ongoing election, having a rushed Supreme Court nomination hearing is not normal and we cannot normalize it.”

In an attempt to close wealth gaps and racial inequities, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday proposed “baby bonds” that would set $1,000 aside for newborns to use when they turn 18.

Watch New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker’s full address during the fourth night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Footage provided is a mixed feed and is a joint effort by the pool and the DNCC.

Former candidates for the Democratic nomination for President gather to discuss how they feel about Joe Biden.

It took a couple of days of counting, but New Jersey’s first nearly all-mail statewide primary turned out to be good for incumbents.

Amy Kennedy will take on Jeff Van Drew in the race for New Jersey’s 2nd District while Senator Cory Booker easily won the New Jersey Senate race in Tuesday’s Primary.