The new programs will significantly increase the number of students eating breakfast daily.

The leading causes of homelessness continues to be eviction and job loss, but other drivers include mental health issues, substance abuse and chronic health conditions.

With just three days left to finalize the state budget or face a government shutdown, it's crunch time in the Capitol. Lawmakers added funding for ...

Donald Trump signed executive orders that started the process of building a border wall and has threatened to withhold federal aid to sanctuary cities.

Heating up at the border. President Trump's hard immigration stance and high wall threaten to up-end international relations. Trump's expected executive order to investigate voter ...

The designation of sanctuary city means very little legally, but officials use it to indicate that local police won't be enforcing federal immigration policy.

Another town's declared itself a sanctuary city. But without legal standing, who might it protect? Trump has tapped a casino mogul to his regulatory reform ...

New Jersey Communities United issued a report that says African-American women are 256 percent more likely to get subprime loans than their white male counterparts. ...

Christie calls for sweeping change to the troubled school funding formula. Instead of sending 58 percent of aid to just 5 percent of school districts, ...

Seton Hall Law School students went to Bloomfield municipal court and say they observed eight in 10 people responding to tickets were black or Latino. ...

The addiction crisis, fueled by both opioid prescription and the prevalence of heroin galvanized professionals and community members at a comprehensive forum. Is the Bloomfield ...

Cabin cleaners with 32BJ SEIU went on strike because they say wages are too low and working conditions are hazardous.

Playing hardball over Atlantic City. The governor says takeover or leave it. And saves his most targeted salvos for the Assembly speaker. The push to ...

East Orange Mayor Lester Taylor held a press conference saying he would like government agencies to take working class families into consideration when dealing with ...

Fighting for a $15 minimum wage in a state with a high cost of living. Legislators are pushing to raise the rate even as Gov. ...

Governor Christie's getting a boost from power brokers in Iowa, but wants a more powerful hand here. He's pushing for a Republican takeover of the ...

Police departments within Camden, East Orange, Essex County and Wildwood will receive federal grant money to increase their ranks. The grant money will pay for ...

In the pennies on the dollar Exxon deal the judge calls it reasonable. Critics threaten to appeal, concerned not enough money will actually be spent ...

Despite a rocky past with the US, Cuba is now a sought after travel destination. Congress still has a travel embargo, however by the end ...

Fifteen percent of New Jersey's residents are black. But blacks compose 60 percent of those in prison. The gathering storm over prison reform. Top leaders ...