(NJ Spotlight News)Congressman eased Medicare restrictions and helped get Newark residents lead-free water. He also helped settle rail strike, secured funds for Gateway project
(NJ Spotlight News)Congressman eased Medicare restrictions and helped get Newark residents lead-free water. He also helped settle rail strike, secured funds for Gateway project

New Jersey Democrats and Republicans respond to President Trump's new tone during his first address to Congress.

The big state budget speech. Should profits from a health insurer and the lottery be tapped to cover expenditures? We'll crunch the numbers. The other ...

Since New Jersey opted into Medicaid, the state has seen almost half a million new enrollees and the heavily-subsidized spending has grown to just over ...

With more teens taking up vaping the surgeon general calls e-cigarettes a public health concern. Are they a healthy alternative to smoking or a gateway ...

Congressman Frank Pallone talks about the need for more mental health services and the need for more doctors to practice psychiatry and psychology.

A rally to have voters decide whether New Jersey should mandate public worker pension payments. What local law enforcers say about the national spike in ...

Funding to monitor and treat the first responders who risked their lives on Sept. 11 may dry up unless Congress reauthorizes the Zadroga Act, named ...

Congressman Donald Payne Jr. discusses his Jersey Jobs Tour and the importance of creating and maintaining small businesses.



Democrats running for the vacant seat left by the late Donald Payne Sr. participated in a candidates' forum in West Orange Wednesday.


The Irvington mayor is running in the primary to try to gain the congressional seat left vacant by the late Donald Payne Sr.

Newark Council President Donald Payne Jr. discusses his campaign in the 10th congressional district. He said his focus would be jobs in Washington.

Newark Councilman Ronald Rice is running for Congress in the 10th congressional district to take the place of the late Donald Payne Sr.

Sen. Nia Gill wants to fill the vacancy left by the late Rep. Donald Payne Sr. in the 10th congressional district.

There’s a battle underway in the 10th Congressional District, the seat that became available after the death of Donald Payne, Sr.

The first black congressman in New Jersey had announced a battle with colon cancer last month.