PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 25 -- Princeton University issued the following news release: It may come as a shock to parents facing the daily chaos of toddler life, but the brain's complexity peaks around age 3. The number of connections between neurons virtually explodes in our first few years. After that the brain starts pruning away unused portions of this vast electrical network, slimming to roughly half the number by the time we reach adulthood. The overprovisioning of the toddler brain al  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal issued the following news release: * * * - 42 Defendants Sentenced to Prison-- Carjackings Down Dramatically * * * Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced final results of "Operation Jacked" and "Operation 17 Corridor," major investigations and prosecutions that targeted international carjacking and stolen car trafficking rings. The operations led to arrests and charges against more than 50 ring members in 2014   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency issued the following news release: * * * - Developments Would Provide More Than 1,200 Housing Opportunities in 10 Counties * * * Opening the door to over 1,200 new apartments affordable for families, seniors and residents with special needs, the Murphy Administration announced it has awarded over $22 million in annual 9% federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). The highly competitive tax credits are exp  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: In an effort to revise the state's existing Newborn Screening Program, Assembly Democrats John F. McKeon, Shanique Speight and Valerie Vainieri Huttle have sponsored a bill to establish a Newborn Screening Advisory Review Committee. The committee would consist of medical, hospital, and public health officials, as well as scientific experts and consumer representatives. The bill (A-2705) previously pass  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: Looking to make New Jersey public schools seizure safe, a bill (A-6011) providing for school personnel to be trained in seizure first aid and authorizing the creation of individualized seizure action plans for students with epilepsy was unanimously approved 74-0 in the full Assembly and 39-0 in the Senate on Monday. Sponsors of the bill, Assembly Democrats Mila Jasey (D-Essex, Morris), Annette Quijano   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: * * * - New Statute Prohibiting Pharmacy Benefits Managers (PBMs) Making Retroactive Reductions in Claim Payments to Pharmacies * * * Strengthening the transparency of transactions between pharmacies and pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs), who help negotiate drug purchases for insurers and buyers, a bill A-3717 to prohibit after-the-fact changes in the payments owed to pharmacies is now law. The new   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: * * * - Measure to Allow Municipalities to Adopt an Ordinance to Perform Repairs * * * A major cause of lead exposure comes from drinking water that has traveled through lead pipes. In an effort to reduce exposure, the full Assembly passed a bill 71-0-2 on Monday that would allow municipalities to enter properties for the replacement of lead service pipes. The legislation is sponsored by Assembly De  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 24 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: * * * - Measure Also Provides for Representation on Charter School Boards of Trustees * * * Seeking to elevate student voice, the full Assembly voted 73-2 Monday advancing a measure to require a minimum of one student representative per school board in districts with high school students in grades nine through 12, and on each board of trustees of a charter school with grades nine through 12. Under t  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 27 -- The New Jersey Assembly Democrats issued the following news: With the goal of enhancing recycling efforts, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced it is awarding more than $14 million in grants to county and municipal governments. All five of the municipalities in the 19th District, Carteret, Perth Amboy, Sayreville, South Amboy and Woodbridge will receive a combined total of nearly $400,000 in DEP grants. "We must do all we ca  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 25 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release: An annual plant census along New Jersey's coastal beaches south of Sandy Hook shows a significant surge in the number of seabeach amaranth, a federally threatened and state endangered plant species, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced. Biologists with the DEP and Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey counted 7,195 plants, a   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 25 [TNSscientificresearch-Physical Review Letters journal] -- Princeton University issued the following news release: Princeton researchers have uncovered new rules governing how objects absorb and emit light, fine-tuning scientists' control over light and boosting research into next-generation solar and optical devices. The discovery solves a longstanding problem of scale, where light's behavior when interacting with tiny objects violates well-established physical   more

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Dec. 18 -- Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two articles of impeachment against President Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It is the third time in American history the House could impeach a president, and a party-line vote is expected. We asked experts at Princeton University to comment on what a possible impeachment m  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 16 [TNSgrants-foundation] -- Thomas Edison State University issued the following news release: Thanks to a grant from the James Kerney Foundation, students in TESU's Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN Program will develop the skills needed to safely care for patients in a home-like setting. In support of the development of the new Home Care Simulation room and its associated technology, TESU's W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing received a $5,000 grant from the James Kerney Fou  more