New Jersey’s A-5258 law allows wineries to sell wine by the glass at off-site locations, creating new opportunities for downtown activation, placemaking, and small business growth.
Electric bicycles — a staple of urban mobility around New Jersey’s downtowns — could soon be treated more like motor vehicles under a bill moving through the State Legislature. Senate Bill S4834, sponsored by Senate President Nicholas Scutari, would fundamentally change how e-bikes are regulated across the state.
Restaurants across the state thrive on a system where tips are a meaningful part of take-home pay. But now, Assembly Bill A5433 threatens to upend that system. The bill would
eliminate the tip wage and require employers to pay tipped workers the full minimum wage before tips.
On January 3, 2025, U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory recommending that alcoholic beverages carry warning labels.
Earlier this year, the legislature adopted a series of bills targeted at increasing housing affordability. The main bill, A4/S50, attempts to streamline a process to use for the 4th round of municipal affordable housing obligations.
NJDEP has officially proposed the Protecting Against Climate Threats (PACT) Resilient Environments & Landscapes (REAL) Rule.
