(NJ Spotlight News/Taylor Jung)Lakewood would be New Jersey's fifth district operating under state control, a step that critics say leads to few overall improvements
(NJ Spotlight News/Taylor Jung)Lakewood would be New Jersey's fifth district operating under state control, a step that critics say leads to few overall improvements
(NJ Spotlight News/Taylor Jung)State cited years of operational, fiscal management
(NJ Spotlight News)NJ attorney general’s office has challenged the decision
(P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)The only district still under state control, Camden City School District has made real progress — just not enough
NJ Spotlight NewsPreliminary data shows 2023 crime down compared to 2022

A report by New Jersey Policy Perspective says that the state’s takeover of Camden Public Schools in 2012 under the Christie administration was not the ...

Mazzeo says the city has made progress under the Murphy administration

City Council slated to take up mayor’s call for ballot measure that would allow him to appoint all members of school board

NJ Spotlight's John Reitmeyer drills down the data on what the projects promised, what they've provided and what the state got in return.

The plan has timetables to achieve goals, and residents say even more importantly the plan has a voice -- theirs.

A lesson in municipal government make up and shake up.

PARCC scores in Camden are up -- is the state takeover the reason?

The state Finance Board in Trenton unanimously voted to take over Atlantic City under the Stabilization and Recovery Act.

The Trump triumph that's triggered a tectonic shift in the political landscape and Jersey ballot: casinos, gas taxes and an ousted incumbent. The governor comes ...

On the verge of a state takeover, members of the Atlantic City council will vote on a five-year recovery plan that, if adopted, will hopefully ...

The Trump Taj Mahal has closed its doors leaving some 2,800 workers in Atlantic City, who were previously on strike, without jobs.

It was heralded as the eighth wonder of the world. Now the Trump Taj Mahal is barricaded shut, its workers on the street. The solvency ...

The city council of Atlantic City failed to pass a measure to dissolve the Municipal Utilities Authority, which is a condition of the $73 million ...

Extreme measures employed by Christie to reboot road and bridge repairs at the height of the construction season, whether or not lawmakers agree. Efforts to ...

Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto talks about the changes in the final version of the Atlantic City rescue bill and about the importance of funding the ...