How would a federal government shutdown impact programs in New Jersey such as SNAP, or Medicare and Social Security payments?
A deadline of Saturday, Jan. 31 approaches to sign up for health insurance through the state program, Get Covered New Jersey. Those without are fined.
Forty-one of the 51-member New York City Council signed a letter urging Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Brooklyn Democrat, to block any funding package that includes spending on the U.S.