Prescriptions are way down but that hasn’t halted the accelerating number of fatalities. The one bright spot is Ocean County, which has seen big decline ...

The turnout for the midterm primaries was the highest in years, with Democrats showing up at the polls in greater numbers that Republicans in most ...

Millennials, immigrants, and even a few baby boomers driving population gains in the Garden State’s urban counties

Despite efforts to encourage integration, state’s public school system continues to be among the most segregated in the nation

Federal legislation before Congress could strip thousands of New Jersey’s most vulnerable citizens of their SNAP food-assistance benefits

Homeowners in best-off communities save far more than residents of low-income cities — and are likely to save even more if Legislature adopts governor’s proposal ...

More June graduates took and passed their AP exams than in prior years, but poorer districts continue to lag in the number of test-takers

This year’s outbreak could match or even exceed the severity of the H1N1 pandemic of 2009

From county to county there can be significant differences in percentage of defendants held over pending trial

Older New Jerseyans are employed at higher rates than the national average and there has been a marked increase in the number of workers over ...