Morristown Minute

New Jersey Sells $40M in Tax Credits to Corporations to Fund Housing

July 28, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

New Jersey Sells Tax Credits to Corporations to Fund Housing

New Jersey sold $40 million in tax credits to corporations to raise funds for affordable housing projects.

Federal Court Ends Oversight of Edna Mahan Women’s Prison After Five-Year Reform Order

July 28, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

Federal Court Ends Edna Mahan Prison Oversight

Federal court ends five years of oversight at Edna Mahan Women’s Prison after reforms met consent decree requirements.

New Jersey Bans Grocery Surveillance Pricing

July 28, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

New Jersey grocery surveillance pricing ban

New Jersey bans surveillance pricing for groceries and pauses new digital shelf labels under the Fair Price Protection Act.

New Jersey Supreme Court rejects eminent-domain land swap

July 22, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

New Jersey Supreme Court rules towns cannot condemn private land solely for swaps to obtain other property for public use.

NJ MVC Software Error Led to Registration of 6,600 Noncitizens

July 21, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

NJ MVC noncitizen voter registration error

A New Jersey MVC software error mistakenly registered about 6,600 noncitizens to vote after they indicated they were not U.S. citizens.

New Jersey e-bike riders now face license and registration requirements

July 20, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

New Jersey e-bike registration requirements

New Jersey e-bike rules now require registration and, for many riders, a license. Learn who needs insurance and how to comply.

New Jersey opens a path toward new nuclear power, but no project has been approved

July 20, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

New Jersey begins a competitive process for new nuclear power, but no reactor has been approved and costs remain uncertain.

New Jersey bans algorithmic rent coordination, effective July 2027

July 20, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

New Jersey algorithmic rent coordination ban

New Jersey’s FAIR Act bans algorithmic rent coordination among landlords, effective July 1, 2027, under state antitrust law.

Dover Approved 640 Apartments. The Public Still Cannot See the Full Deal.

July 17, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

The Bassett Highway redevelopment promises housing, municipal revenue and public riverfront improvements. But Dover’s online records omit the project’s financial projections and use unreconciled figures for its commercial space. DOVER, … Read more

Morris School District Puts a $158.4 Million School Bond on the September 15 Ballot

July 15, 2026 by Chris Connors Jr.

Learn what’s in the Morris School District’s $158.4M bond referendum, tax impacts, projects, state aid and key voting dates.