'It's a lot of money,' says Baraka, and suggests that state, rather than city, should handle the construction

Interview: Hannah Gross, education and child welfare writer, NJ Spotlight News

Advocates, lawmakers say more money needed now to ease crowded schools

The state-of-the-art high school will open in Perth Amboy after a long wait

Superintendent Roger León says 33 of Newark’s oldest schools need replacements and estimates more than $2B is needed for all repairs and upgrades

Lawmakers are urged to boost funding in upcoming state budget

Reductions in state aid are anticipated for around 140 school districts

Only nine new school projects have been finished in the city since 2006

Of NJ's new $50.6B budget, schools will get almost $2B for construction projects. Advocates says much more is needed

Murphy said the new law is a ‘substantial step toward restoring normalcy’

Schools Development Authority is under fire once again

Senate President Sweeney calls the high number of New Jerseyans exposed to lead in drinking water a crisis.

Al Alvarez says the allegations Katie Brennan made against him have made it difficult for him to find a job.

Gov. Phil Murphy returned from his overseas vacation and jumped right back into the political fray Thursday, fielding pointed questions on a range of controversial ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney sat down with Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron to renew his call to dissolve the SDA and roll it into the ...

The Governor’s Office released three reports into the hiring practices at the Schools Development Authority.

A package of 10 bills focused on handling harassment complaints and hiring practices in state government sailed through committee.

A Paterson school that's over 100 years old is in desperate need of repairs, but the authority charged with funding school capital projects may run ...

Hundreds of teachers, students and administrators rallied outside the State House in Trenton over proposed cuts to their state aid for the next fiscal year.

Murphy appointed Da Silva on Friday after former CEO Lizette Delgado Polanco submitted her resignation on Tuesday amidst a hiring scandal.