A bill awaiting the governor's pen would impose a 5 cent fee on both plastic and paper single-use shopping bags, but environmentalists say that's not ...

A package of transgender rights bills recently cleared the Legislature and await Gov. Phil Murphy’s signature, the largest of which allows residents to change their ...

Lawmakers say they expect both governors to support the Port Authority reform bill.

The Time Is Now Coalition, which was established to combat sexual harassment and assault, shared what they learned after months of discussions with survivors and ...

The bill makes it illegal for employers to pay women less for doing “substantially similar work."

A bill that would restore funding to Planned Parenthood and other family planning centers heads to Murphy's desk, along with a host of other bills ...

Lawmakers and other state leaders are looking to change policies regarding sexual misconduct in the State House and in the state at large.

Today’s session was also notable for the seats that will change come Tuesday. Several longtime lawmakers were honored for their work, and said their goodbyes.

The bills considered during the voting sessions were almost entirely noncontroversial. It's the lame duck session with a new legislature being sworn in on Jan. ...

The number of students chronically absent in the 2015 to 2016 school year is down by about 8,000 from the year before, but problems remain.

Bills to ban governor from using state beach house and fining legislators for shutting down the government advance to Senate.

Preserving Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. Could senators find compromise on defense that they couldn't reach on health care. Voting on back pay for government ...

Mental Health organizations argue that the timing is not right for this kind of drastic shift.

Amtrak says they're on track to get the tracks repaired. We get a tour of Penn Station's secure command and control center. Gubernatorial candidates Phil ...

The goal of combining the two departments is to better treat both the behavioral and physical health of patients, but critics argue the timing is ...

The heats on in Trenton to get back pay for furloughed workers. Christie says he'll sign off, but where's the bill? Christie's restructuring plan would ...

Some Democrats are claiming the governor broke his word when he line-item vetoed some of the language.

Ahead of Monday's commute-snarling, train-diverting rail line repairs at New York Penn, how is NJ Transit keeping us informed? The state budget battle's over, but ...

A standoff between the governor and the powerful Assembly speaker. Could the showdown lead to a shut down? A dragnet for federal assistance program abusers ...

At a panel discussion hosted by the Women's Empowerment Network, Gov. Whitman and others shared their thoughts on why women make up such a small ...