Starting Monday, police departments across New Jersey are stepping up enforcement to ensure you and your passengers are following a simple rule on the road. A similar crackdown in 2023 resulted in nearly 7,000 citations. According to Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety, nearly 120 law enforcement agencies in the Garden State are sharing $766,000 in federal funding to run a "Click It or Ticket" campaign and crack down on seat belt usage. The money will go toward increased road patrols and seat belt checkpoints, according to officials. The special...…Starting Monday, police departments across New Jersey are stepping up enforcement to ensure you and your passengers are following a simple rule on the road. A similar crackdown in 2023 resulted in nearly 7,000 citations. According to Attorney General Matthew Platkin and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety, nearly 120 law enforcement agencies in the Garden State are sharing $766,000 in federal funding to run a "Click It or Ticket" campaign and crack down on seat belt usage. The money will go toward increased road patrols and seat belt checkpoints, according to officials. The special...WW…

If you want to be a teacher in a New Jersey school, you must also be a resident of the Garden State. A bill advanced on Monday by the Senate Education Committee would scrap the residency requirement — at least temporarily — as a potential way to address a shortfall of quality teachers. "The good thing is, it's a three-year pilot," said Sen. Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, chair of the committee. "We have a major teaching shortage, so, just trying to add one more tool." The state's residency requirement was established through a law signed in 2011 by then-Gov. Chris Christie. It also applies to...…If you want to be a teacher in a New Jersey school, you must also be a resident of the Garden State. A bill advanced on Monday by the Senate Education Committee would scrap the residency requirement — at least temporarily — as a potential way to address a shortfall of quality teachers. "The good thing is, it's a three-year pilot," said Sen. Vin Gopal, D-Monmouth, chair of the committee. "We have a major teaching shortage, so, just trying to add one more tool." The state's residency requirement was established through a law signed in 2011 by then-Gov. Chris Christie. It also applies to...WW…