An NJ public workers insurance system needs a 34% rate increase, experts say. We have a chance to avoid repeating this crisis

Senate president and Assembly leader raise concerns about costs to utility customers, impact on tourism

The Senate president hadn’t lost an election in 20 years

The state and advocacy groups are trying to get the word out about New Jersey’s Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax break for low-wage earners ...

Republicans say they'll sue to stop state from borrowing $9.9 billion.

As Atlantic City's nine casinos prep to reopen at just 25% capacity, they'll rehire only a portion of the tens of thousands laid off when the industry ...

Juneteenth, or June 19 1865, is a celebration of the day that slavery finally ended in America. This year’s celebration comes on the 24th day ...

Step one in reforming school funding. Millions more for some districts but where's the money coming from? Might the governor's veto of state funding for ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto announced a revised school funding plan to put an end to almost two years of political ...

A state Senate committee has just passed a comprehensive plan aimed at making college more affordable and student debt less onerous.

The Bridgegate defendant who sent the "time for traffic troubles" email testifies Christie was aware it was being called a political revenge scheme. She told ...

Republicans are proposing an alternate to the current gun bill, after two failed veto overrides. New legislation hope to close loopholes in the original legislation.

Guns and getting rid of mental health records. A compromise is in the works to close a loophole in the vetoed bill. Is this the ...

The bill smart gun bill on the Senate floor today would soften the previous mandates, only requiring that gun dealers offer a smart gun within ...

In facing the terror threat the president asks for patience in progress against ISIS and tougher restrictions on assault weapons. The state Senate votes on ...

Senate President Steve Sweeney talked about the importance of having conversations and creating relationships with elected officials and legislators in order to make progress in ...

Syrian orphans under five. Christie wants to block them. The Assembly speaker says they pose no threat. They're at the center of a tug of ...

Cannabis legalization can prove to be a big budget boon without – so far – a terrible downside, New Jersey lawmakers are planning to at ...

A push to ban smoking in public housing. The CDC finds adults uninsured or on Medicaid smoke at rates more than double those with private ...

Governor Chris Christie laid waste to almost a year's worth of legislative heavy lifting by taking his veto pen to a package of Atlantic City ...