Rep. Donald Norcross called on New Jersey’s congressional delegation to join him in sponsoring what he termed “pro-worker legislation.”
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Fresh off a weekend that emphasized a fractured party, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin shifted the focus to food insecurity and ending hunger in the Garden ...
The just-launched College and University Social Justice Coalition is tapping into a youth awakening after the Parkland school shooting.
NJ Spotlight put a day-long event on policies to improve New Jersey’s cities and got ideas from former governors, current mayors and dozens of advocates ...
A light at the end of the tunnel. That proposed new rail tunnel under the Hudson's on the fast track and in the pipeline for ...
The New Executive Director of APN, Renee Koubiadi, grew up in Camden living in poverty.
With hundreds of road repairs screeching to a stop the senate president says he and Christie can solve the Transportation Trust Fund crisis. But Christie's ...
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate President Steve Sweeney announced that they had come to a compromise on a minimum wage bill, which calls for ...
Democratic leaders strike a double-deal to gradually hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour. First, by law. If Christie vetoes it, then by constitutional ...
Legal Services of New Jersey reports 2.8 million adults and 800,000 children lived in poverty in 2014, about a third of all New Jersey households.
Legalizing marijuana in the Garden State. Experts assert a pot crop could pump cash into state coffers. Even though no opponents were heard from, the ...
Sports betting, fantasy or otherwise, has Congress members urging the FTC to keep it fraud-free. They're setting the stage to legalize sports gambling, then regulate ...
The Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey held it's annual summit on the hardships of poverty.
Turning up the heat on a proposed deep water port off shore that would pump Liquefied Natural Gas from boats in the harbor to New ...
The APN is encouraging all state legislators and Assembly candidates to sign a pledge recognizing that poverty is a problem in New Jersey. By signing ...
No indictment. New Jersey reacts to the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner chokehold case. What's next for Atlantic City? And living below the ...
The Anti-Poverty Network of New Jersey held a summit in Monroe to discuss how to reduce the rate of poverty, specifically targeting hunger, housing and ...