A 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling gives Democratic-led states a new weapon to fight conservative federal rules on issues such as immigration, climate change, abortion access and civil rights, via @TimHendersonSL + @stateline_news

Two former state treasurers — one Dem, one Republican — argue that fusion voting, which would allow politicians to appear on the ballot more than once if they receive the backing of multiple parties, would decrease political polarization.

The economy added 227,000 jobs in November, making for a strong jobs report despite a slight increase in the unemployment rate, via Casey Quinlan

The Trenton water utility worker fired for fudging drinking water data for over a year in New Jersey’s capital and its suburbs collected about 125 hours in overtime and double-time pay during his 14 months on the job, payroll records show, via @DanaDiFilippo

The law Congress passed to force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Friday, via @jacob_fischler

A federal judge has temporarily overturned a state constitutional provision that barred public funding for houses of worship, ruling it runs afoul of federal constitutional protections of religious freedom, via @NikitaBiryukov_

A new bill in the Legislature would create a crime of victimization for anyone found to have committed a crime against a senior citizen or a person with disabilities, via @snietomunoz

Senators on Thursday discussed a new school funding bill intended to abate steep swings in state aid seen in recent years and allow some districts to more quickly meet their share of school funding, via @NikitaBiryukov_