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13+ hour, 26+ min ago (736+ words) Starting Jan. 1, the minimum wage will increase, and Garden State drivers will pay more on toll roads and bridges. The entrance to the New Jersey State House on East State Street in Trenton, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY) New Jersey residents will ring in the new year with new laws that take effect in January. Here's a breakdown of some of the notable changes and what they mean for Garden State residents. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, the statewide minimum wage will increase for most employees by" 43 cents to $15.92 per hour. The minimum wage for seasonal workers and employees of small businesses will go up by 70 cents to $15.23 per hour. Employees who work on a farm for an hourly wage will see their minimum hourly wage increase to $14.20, up from $13.40. Long-term care facility direct care staff will see their minimum hourly wage rise by" 43 cents,…...

22+ hour, 9+ min ago (730+ words) Riders in New Jersey who want to call an autonomous cab will have to wait as long as five years under the legislation proposed in the state senate and assembly. The proposal, approved by the Senate Transportation Committee on Nov. 10 and now before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, would create a five-year pilot program requiring three years of on-road testing with a human driver in the vehicle. The delay was criticized by advocates for blind individuals and by a company that operates autonomous ride services in other U.S. cities. Critics say the mandate would block access to technology already in use elsewhere, including in New York, where Waymo began testing in August. Residents of some New Jersey cities have already seen Waymo vehicles mapping their streets in preparation for testing autonomous ride share vehicles, but those are tests for New…...

22+ hour, 24+ min ago (129+ words) Published 5:15 am Thursday, November 27, 2025 By Zak Wellerman, CBS19 PALESTINE " The attorney for East Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson, who has faced execution multiple times but maintained his innocence, hopes a recent ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court could help him get a new trial. Roberson has been on death row since his 2003 capital murder conviction in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis, in Anderson County. On Monday, his lawyer, Gretchen Sween, filed a notice asking the court to consider a New Jersey Supreme Court decision that found the Shaken Baby Syndrome hypothesis is "no longer admissible" in that state's courts because of a lack of legitimate biomechanics science. Read more from our news partners at CBS19....