Senate majority leader Teresa Ruiz introduced legislation last fall

It’s the latest effort by lawmakers to combat gun violence and ease the suffering it brings

Sen. Teresa Ruiz, Assemblywoman Angela McKnight say TANF is not set up to help residents escape cycle of poverty

Advocates urge passage of bill that would provide stimulus payment, other benefits for the undocumented.

The bill provides $3 million a year to pay for bi-annual lead testing 30 days before school starts, and six months into the school year ...

Stemming the addiction crisis, starting in the emergency room. Where routinely prescribed opioid painkillers are being substituted with safer alternatives. Concerns about lead in the ...

The president takes on Obamacare's problems and impending deadline. High honors for a New Jersey jail and we'll tell you why. Plus, what is the ...

The Essex County Youth Detention Center was awarded the Facility of the Year Award from the National Commission on Correctional Health Care.

Health officials go overseas for help fighting the meningitis outbreak at Princeton. Rutgers University at the center of yet another athletics controversy. And the state ...

Sen. Teresa Ruiz is pleased that the state Senate voted in favor of the DREAM Act, which would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, ...

School leaders, citing ‘extraordinary costs,’ call the issue critical as Assembly prepares for Monday vote on 2 percent property tax cap.

Schundler cites improvements before Senate committee, though some members express continued concern over controversial exam.

Alternative High School Assessment scores and rules challenge educators -- and would-be graduates trying to meet requirements for diploma.

Christie wins Legislature's general support, but adds compromise and cash in quest for other backing.

Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee fired away at Education Commissioner Bret Schundler about how Gov. Christie's plan to slash school funding would decimate schools ...

Under its new chairman, state Sen. Teresa Ruiz, D-Essex, the Senate education committee invited more than a dozen groups to testify, from large teacher unions ...