
At the end of 2020, more than 5,000 defendants were still waiting in jail, according to New Jersey Courts.

At the end of 2020, more than 5,000 defendants were still waiting in jail, according to New Jersey Courts.

With mounting criminal and civil cases, New Jersey courts hope to restart in-person jury trials in September, but with strict rules in place for everyone ...
(NJ Spotlight News)With many residents out of work for months and behind on the rent, there are calls for additional state intervention

Virtual platforms replace courtrooms as litigants work around COVID-19 restrictions.

Budget hearings continue through April and part of May.

The pressing issues of school funding and bail reform were discussed in the Senate Budget and Appropriations hearing.

Since bail reform went into effect Jan. 1, numbers show New Jersey's prison population decreased. But critics of changes say there was no data released ...

The Trumpcare package to repeal and replace Obamacare. What are its potential costs and consequences? Bedminister hosts the president. The honor of harboring Camp David ...

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has asked the architect of bail reform to “consider making certain modifications” in how the new bail reform system ...

Hearing citizens out. On funding for schools, pensions and worthy projects. Is there enough in the budget to go around? Eastside High basketball's paying a ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney says extra resources are needed to move from cash bail to a risk-based system on Jan. 1.

Juvenile justice reform advocates are calling for changes in the system so fewer minors are locked up and tried and punished as adults.

Christie's putting distance between himself and Trump's "rigged election" talk. We'll poll top Republicans about the possible fallout. The former top Christie appointee to the ...

A major hallmark of New Jersey's bail reform law: those arrested on a warrant must get a six-point assessment or algorithm hearing within 48 hours ...

Gov. Christie's reversed course, allowing the use of medical marijuana to treat a disorder that afflicts too many returning vets. Advocates for North Jersey casinos ...

A fatal fire destroys a shore motel that was home to Sandy victims. Stop that work. The state says some vital highway repairs will have ...

In a new report by the joint Committee on Criminal Justice is suggesting new ways to deal with bail and speedy trails.

Although the statewide judiciary consists of more than 400 trial, tax and appellate judges and Supreme Court justices, and 9000 support staff, Judge Glenn Grant ...