WESTFIELD — Proposed amendments to New Jersey’s affordablehousing laws could spell trouble for land-poor communities like Westfield, Mayor Shelley Brindle said Tuesday. “Last month, the Assembly passed an affordable-housing bill, and now it is barreling through for a full vote by the Senate on Monda...

Government is large, and sometimes overreaching, but there are a few arms of it that are actually really useful and can protect the citizenry — if you know where to look. Earlier this month, Governor Phil Murphy signed a new law requiring the licensure of home improvement and home-elevation contract...