TRENTON - New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed into law four bills aimed at improving nursing home care after the COVID-19 outbreak devastated long-term care center residents and, at times, overwhelmed facilities.Murphy, a Democrat, said Wednesday that residents and staff at the state’s facilities had “borne an outsized burden of this pandemic.”Long-term care residents account for roughly half of the state’s more than 14,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, according to state Health Department figures.FULL COVERAGE: CORONAVIRUSOne bill boosts the minimum wage for direct-care staff at long-term care facilities by $3 an hour.