The New Jersey Hospital Association held a summit on mental health and substance use disorder, which attendees stressed are very important in the health care ...

Misbehaving in the not-so-friendly skies. Can lawmakers legislate how airlines treat their customers? Can U.S. senators block President Trump's executive order that could lead to ...

Health experts say climate change is having a serious impact on health and they worry that President Trump's actions rolling back Obama era environmental policies ...

The Passaic River's poisoned. Could the guilty corporations be using federal bankruptcy laws to get out of paying for the cleanup? With anti-pollution regulations under ...

In New Jersey, 81.6 percent of babies are breastfed at some point compared to 79.2 percent nationally.

The new Republican health care law proposal would dramatically change the way health insurance is financed, for both the states and their citizens.

Before the vote to repeal it, there's a plan to replace Obamacare. We'll tell you what it keeps, what it cuts and why it matters. ...

Freshman Congressman Josh Gottheimer held a gathering at the Oakland Senior Citizen Center, speaking about the potential impact of privatizing Medicare and retirement security in ...

Sick of delays and obstruction blocking progress on a new bus terminal, Jersey lawmakers challenge New York to get the lead out. The government scrubs ...

Several municipalities have hired attorneys to convince tax courts hospitals that generate profits should pay back taxes.

The governor's awkward re-emergence. Christie making an appearance outside the State House for the first time since his failed bet-it-all-on New Hampshire bid for president. ...

Gov. Christie let 65 bills expire, including one to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes and one requiring gun dealers to offer smart guns.

It's deadline day for Gov. Christie to sign into law -- or let languish -- 158 bills representing the work of an entire legislative session. ...

After a tax court ruling last year determined hospitals with mainly for-profit operations were subject to pay property taxes, lawmakers worry without a specific law ...

The Iran Deal to dump its nukes in exchange for lifting sanctions and swapping prisoners. Is it successful diplomacy or a show of weakness? Gov. ...

The state Senate is proposing a bill that would standardize how hospitals contribute to their towns. The largest hospital lobbying group in the state supports ...

Ahead of a post-Christmas sortie through Iowa, where he's rising in the polls, Christie's betting the farm on a win, place or show in New ...

The White House considers a new plan for Syria. Sen. Menendez calls the Syrian president a liar. And Congressman Runyan says he doesn’t know who ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was at a Rite Aid in Hoboken where the CEO announced the pharmacy would help get the ...

Give and take at a town hall meeting. But the governor makes a billion dollar headline later in the day. Plus a mayor switches parties. ...