Murphy's budget would cut state DEP funding by 12.5%. Lawmakers praised increase to forest fire service

A state Senate panel held a second public hearing on the state budget Thursday. While some time went to discussing coronavirus precautions for future stops ...

Representatives from Legal Services of New Jersey, The Arc of New Jersey, Sierra Club and NJEA asked senators for more state funding.

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 ...

The acting state treasurer talked about New Jersey's ability to make future pension payments during the Senate Budget Committee hearing.

The state budget gets the fine-toothed comb treatment. Lawmakers accounting for every red cent to be spent and then some. A federal judge rules the ...

Lawmakers heard testimony about programs such as homeless assistance, SNAP and Return Home New Jersey during a budget hearing.

The first federal lawsuit over lead in the school water supply. Plaintiffs are seeking class action status to hold political leaders accountable for the poison. ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee heard from Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Charles Richman about how Atlantic City's financial situation came to be.

It could be a blueprint for Congress -- New Jersey lawmakers quickly act on the governor's Supreme Court nomination. The state commissioner who would take ...

Senate Budget Chairman Paul Sarlo outlined a plan for funding transportation in the next state budget, which includes raising the gas tax, which would increase ...

In this all-bets-are-off election season, could New York primary voters elect to give New Jersey's the most clout they've had since Carter was elected? Are ...

The rise and fall of Stockton's big dreamer. Newark police under civilian scrutiny. Need some breathing room? The report card on air quality. Rewiring a ...

Stockton University purchased Showboat to turn it into a campus, but that can't happen because of an agreement with neighboring Taj Mahal that it must ...

A whistle stop in his home state between handshakes in New Hampshire. Planning for the inevitable. Detecting brain activity in coma patients. And restoring vital ...

Sen. Linda Greenstein spoke about the how health care has changed for women since the closing of 58 family planning clinics.

For Menendez, an army of supporters. For Revel, the fifth time's the charm. Regulating those jitney buses for safety's sake. How good a deal is ...

Frequent riders and even operators of jitney buses say they should be regulated.

Storm advisories are up in the Garden State. We'll tell you where and why. Plus, you'll hear from FEMA's top man in New Jersey. And ...