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The New Jersey Advance reports: Democrats not only kept but strengthened their 20-year control of the New Jersey Legislature in the state’s elections Tuesday, fending off a fierce threat from Republicans hungry to seize on gains in recent years and maybe even wrest a chamber away in a charged political environment. Democrats flipped a key Senate seat in South Jersey’s …

Politico reports: New Jersey lawmakers will make history Wednesday when members of the General Assembly will call into a conference line to cast their votes remotely on several bills related to the coronavirus pandemic. Kevin McArdle, a spokesperson for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin [photo], said the bills will be announced over the phone and that each member will be called …