Critics say NJ's paid family leave law should not apply to businesses with fewer than 30 workers. Supporters say workers need ...

When campaign consultant Sean Caddle pleaded guilty in 2022 to murder-for-hire, he was allowed to remain at home for nearly two years while he cooperated with federal prosecutors on a political ...

With NJ PBS set to end operations in July after it lost state and federal funding, media and business leaders met in Trenton Monday to urge legislators to quickly find funding and ensure New Jersey ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would end municipalities’ ability to charge for public defenders in a party-line vote Monday. The bill would repeal a law that allows ...

A Senate panel in unanimous votes Monday approved bills that would heighten penalties for harassment against public officials and certain politically driven crimes. The legislation advanced by the ...

A Senate panel approved legislation Thursday that would bar New Jersey pet stores from selling cats, dogs, or rabbits in a divided vote Thursday. The Senate Economic Growth Committee approved the ...

Gov. Phil Murphy issued 55 pardons and commutations Tuesday in his latest round of post-conviction relief and said more would come before he leaves office in January. Most of the clemencies granted ...

New Jersey’s child care assistance program is accepting new applications following months of campaigning by advocates who said more parents need the assistance, a move state officials said should ...

The indictment unveiled Monday that accuses insurance executive and Democratic power broker George Norcross III of overseeing a criminal enterprise is replete with accusations of threats, intimidation ...

A bitter legal fight in Hunterdon County that’s now before a federal appeals court in Philadelphia could impact how schools handle transgender and gender-questioning students across New Jersey and the ...

In 2014, New Jersey voters backed a constitutional amendment to allow judges to order certain criminal suspects be detained without bail and pushed the courts away from holding minor offenders ...

A new poll of the New Jersey governor’s race finds Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, leading Republican Jack Ciattarelli by eight points, with 16% of respondents still undecided. The Fairleigh ...