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NJ's plastic bag ban goes into effect in one month
Clip: 4/4/2022 | 3m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
The ban, starting May 4, prohibits single-use plastic bags and some other products
Come May, you’ll have to make sure you have a reusable bag when you check out at any food or retail stores in New Jersey. A statewide ban will go into effect May 4 on single-use plastic bags, as well as polystyrene foam takeout food containers and other polystyrene products like plates, cups, food trays and utensils. The law allows for some exceptions.
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NJ's plastic bag ban goes into effect in one month
Clip: 4/4/2022 | 3m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Come May, you’ll have to make sure you have a reusable bag when you check out at any food or retail stores in New Jersey. A statewide ban will go into effect May 4 on single-use plastic bags, as well as polystyrene foam takeout food containers and other polystyrene products like plates, cups, food trays and utensils. The law allows for some exceptions.
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Fiscal experts explain NJ’s red-hot economy
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Clip: 4/4/2022 | 3m 40s | State Treasurer tells Assembly Budget Committee that forecasts up for most major revenues (3m 40s)
Key vote expected on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
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Clip: 4/4/2022 | 50s | Senate Judiciary committee is expected to vote to move her nomination forward (50s)
No more head-to-head candidate polls for Stockton Institute
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Clip: 4/4/2022 | 4m 28s | ‘People don’t answer the phone anymore. Response rates have plummeted’ (4m 28s)
US House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level
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Clip: 4/4/2022 | 52s | But the Senate is not expected to follow suit (52s)
Why Al Lupiano raised alarm over Colonia HS cancer links
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Clip: 4/4/2022 | 4m 40s | The number of high school graduates believed to have rare cancers has risen to 80 (4m 40s)
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