Buying a gun? You'll undergo a background check. But there are ranges where you can rent a gun, no questions asked. And that's led to ...
Shirley Turner
New legislation would allow pharmacists to dispense oral birth control pills for women and girls, without a doctor’s prescription.
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 Trenton school district is adopting a $299 million budget, with a $6 million hole. That means cutting 165 employees and closing an early childhood ...
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 ...
Advocates say the number of children under 6 with elevated levels of lead could be reduced if the state had been conducting lead paint inspections ...
The strike's averted. Now the pitch. To persuade NJ Transit workers that the deal they got is the best they can get. If even one ...
The percentage of children testing with high levels of lead is equal to or higher than what is being reported in Flint, Michigan.
Gov. Christie declares his back-of-the-pack shellacking in the Iowa caucus precisely what he expected and he's back in the state that may be his last ...
Several New Jersey lawmakers are trying to ban the sale of powdered alcohol because of potential abuse by teens.
Protecting pensions by raising taxes. Lawmakers and the governor on a collision course. Hello summer, goodbye Tony Mack. Trenton's former mayor heads to prison. And ...
The Democratic budget plan, which the Senate approved, includes a full payment into the pension system while increasing taxes on income over $1 million.
The governor and several lawmakers weigh in on the latest Rutgers controversy surrounding it's new athletic director. The check's in the mail but some policy ...
Senate President Stephen Sweeney is pushing for gun control legislation that he believes will be a model for the nation by instituting instant background checks, ...
Sen. "Kip" Bateman was one of the legislators behind the bill banning synthetic marijuana that Gov. Christie signed into law last week. Another bill he's ...
Lawmakers are discussing ways to get guns off the street, but some say getting laws passed can be difficult.
Senators Ray Lesniak (D-20) and Shirley Turner (D-15) are taking legislative action after the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. They’re sponsoring a new bill that will ...
New Jersey is coming to grips with the cost of recovery. Somber words from Gov. Christie about Sandy. A Senator wants to make the power ...
With severe power outages continuing for days and weeks after Hurricane Sandy, power companies find themselves in the eye of a political storm with big ...
Just six days after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that judges are exempt from higher pension and benefit contributions, both houses of the legislature ...