(Edwin J. Torres/ Governor’s Office: CC BY-NC 2.0; NJ Spotlight News)Colleagues, advocates work to engage new Black, people of color as candidates
(Edwin J. Torres/ Governor’s Office: CC BY-NC 2.0; NJ Spotlight News)Colleagues, advocates work to engage new Black, people of color as candidates

Interview: LeRoy Jones, NJ Democratic State Committee chairman
(AP Photo/Mel Evans)Democrats must put forward a new nominee by end of August

Live results from The Associated Press for key state legislative races
PBS NewshourData storage appears to be largest concern

Legislative redistricting leads to potential matchup between veteran Democratic state senators
(NJ Spotlight News)The new map puts powerhouse lawmakers in the same district

Members of the Legislative Black Caucus made an impassioned plea for better representation and more diversity within the four-person panel that’ll decide how the $9.9 ...

The Legislative Black Caucus says they will "protect the squad."

The Legislature's passed a $38.7 billion spending plan that Gov. Phil Murphy has vowed to veto, at least in part, because it doesn’t include his ...

At the 4th Annual Women's Health Symposium, the discussions focused on the high infant mortality rate among women of color.

Murphy is still working the phones and hoping for help from Sweeney to get enough votes to pass the bill.

The Senate passed the so-called dark money bill 31-0. The ball is now in Speaker Coughlin's court. However, the ACLU says if this bill becomes ...

Amid sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee, the Legislature takes a step to update their sexual harassment policies.

Murphy's first action as governor was signing an executive order on pay equity for women, signaling the fighting to end gender discrimination as a top ...

Opponents of the PARCC test urge Senate President Steve Sweeney to allow a vote on a Senate resolution aimed at putting the brakes on the ...

What's in store for the class of 2021? Protesters pressure the Senate president to push the state to kill the controversial PARCC test as a ...

Police departments across the state have acquired more than $40 million worth of surplus military equipment through a federal program. How are they being used?

A new study puts a price on repealing Obamacare: billions of dollars in extra state costs and a million people out of luck. The cost ...

The Democratically controlled Senate passed a resolution condemning President Trump's executive order on immigration.