(John Mooney/NJ Spotlight News)With as many as 60% of third graders falling short of grade level, education chief signals a collaborative — not punitive — approach
(John Mooney/NJ Spotlight News)With as many as 60% of third graders falling short of grade level, education chief signals a collaborative — not punitive — approach

Interview: U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone
youtube_PBSNJ mayors have expressed worries about all the moves

Buses carrying migrants have recently stopped in Jersey City, Secaucus, Edison and Fanwood


Interview: Michael Anestis, New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center

US Supreme Court ruling that blocked restriction expires midnight Wednesday
NJ Spotlight NewsKimberly Mutcherson, professor of law at Rutgers University, discusses the potential implications
NJ Advance MediaChoose New Jersey will run a billboard campaign in southern and Midwestern states

'The most important thing our own children want to hear is reassurance'

With the ten highest-polling Democrats running for president set to stand on stage together for the first time, a high-stakes night is ahead for Sen. Cory Booker.

A lesson in municipal government make up and shake up.

Mariee Juarez died at the hospital in New Jersey after being released with her mother from an ICE detention center in Texas in March.

Christie calls Texas Congress members ‘hypocrites’ for not approving Sandy aid, urges NJ delegation to approve Harvey aid.

A group of states, led by Texas, are going before the Supreme Court to fight President Obama's executive order on immigration that's designed to allow ...

Narcan, two years in. Is the program that's armed first responders with the heroin antidote been enough to prevent overdose deaths? The governor on curtailing ...

After Gov. Christie endorsed Donald Trump for president, his confidante asked all the Republican county chairs to follow his lead. But not everyone is quick ...

Two burning questions posed by Christie's bombshell Trump endorsement. Will he get mainstream Republicans to fall in line? And will his commitment to Trump dilute ...

More fallout from the federal corruption probe of the Port Authority. United Airlines executives are out over favors, including a special "chairman's flight" to his ...

Former Attorney General John Farmer talks about how terrorist groups are taking advantage of America's alienated youth.