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- Should Child-Abuse Caseworkers Be Considered First Responders?
- More than 3,000 workers and supervisors often fulfill same role and experience similar stress as police and firefighters, commissioner says
- New Jersey Gives Hate and Hate Crimes Fewer Places to Hide
- Attorney general’s office releases new guidelines for handling bias crimes, calls on Facebook to monitor Ocean County group ‘inciting violence against Orthodox Jews’
- Closing NJ’s ‘Shameful’ Wealth Gap Between Whites, People of Color
- Social advocacy group urges Garden State to get behind Individual Development Accounts, a matched approach to savings funded by participants, nonprofits, and the state
- Amid Lingering Concerns, State Report on Bail Reform Notes Successes
- A report by the state judiciary shows that fears of ‘chaos’ and ‘mayhem’ have failed to come to fruition
- State Will Host Campus Sexual-Assault Forums
- A 2017 report highlights the need for better responses to and prevention of sexual violence
- For Young Men of Color in Newark, Life Remains a Struggle
- Despite homicide rates far higher than their peers statewide, and lower graduation rates, new report also reveals hopes for a better city and a better future
- Making Imprisonment in NJ Easier on Women Prisoners, Families
- ‘Prison is truly a shared sentence as children directly suffer from the consequences of their parents’ sentences,’ says Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez
- Group May Head Back to Court over Lack of NJ School Desegregation
- A lawsuit filed last year claims residency rules are to blame for lack of diversity in New Jersey public education
- Murphy, Dem Leaders Now Must Round Up Votes for Marijuana Legislation
- Have they the support of enough Democrats to legalize adult use in New Jersey? That’s just one question arising out of this week’s agreement on legislation
- Making the Case for Violence-Intervention Programs
- Legislators hear from experts and from people with direct experience of violence on our streets about the value of efforts that try to prevent it
- Nonprofits Do More with Less but Fear Tax Revamp Will Hit Charitable Intake
- Amid growing demand for their services, the worry is that federal income-tax overhaul could lead some people to donate less to key service organizations
- A Deal on Marijuana Legalization May — Or May Not — Be Imminent
- Lawmakers appear to have resolved problems with proposed legislation, but not all are convinced of the wisdom of legalization
- 1,200 Children Have Been Shot and Killed Since Parkland, 13 from NJ
- A news site has profiled the children who died by gunfire since the school shootings in Florida one year ago. Thirteen New Jersey children are on the list
- NJ Dioceses Release Names of 188 Clergy ‘Credibly Accused’ of Sexual Abuse
- Incidents date back to 1940, most abusers are dead, others have been removed from ministry
- Fewer NJ Kids Eating Breakfast at School Means More Hungry Children
- State ranks dead last in percentage of schools eligible for federal nutrition funds that actually participate in the program, according to new report
- Lawmakers Move to Improve Paid Family Leave Program in New Jersey
- Supporters wait for governor to sign legislation that would expand benefits — at a higher cost to workers — while also expanding state’s temporary disability program
- ‘Reasonable Suspicion’ Lacking in Neptune Motel Arrests — Supreme Court
- Charges from a noise complaint that led to arrest of two men on weapons possession raise Fourth Amendment issues for state’s top court
- Report Makes Case for State Investment in Camden, Sees Public Health Benefits
- As New Jersey’s tax-incentive programs come under increasing scrutiny, consultants underline critical value to struggling city of $1.4 billion public investment
- Federal Workers in New Jersey Feeling Effects of Shutdown
- As of January 17, 1,000 federal employees in New Jersey had applied for unemployment benefits
- Report: College Aid for Prisoners Pays Dividends for All Down the Line
- Advocates say study shows federal law keeping Pell Grants from the incarcerated should be overturned
- Survey Finds Persistent Bullying of LGBTQ Students in NJ High Schools
- ‘The numbers are alarming,’ says Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle, who was a prime sponsor of anti-bullying legislation. She’s working on a new measure
- High Court Ruling Makes It Easier for Drug-Court Grads to Wipe Slate Clean
- Decision is praised by advocates as fulfilling intent of 2016 law offering recovered addicts with minor crime records a new start life
- NJ Towns Buck Marijuana Legalization
- Dozens of municipalities have pre-emptively banned marijuana dispensaries. They’re concerned about ‘drugged driving,’ underage users, and other negative effects
- Newark's Dropping Crime Rate Is as Much About Perception as Reality
- The city reported the lowest number of crimes in fifty years. Mayor Ras Baraka says these are numbers ‘that need to be touted’
- Emergency Assistance for Poor Residents Who Had Been Cut Off Since Christie Years
- New law gives up to five years of payments for housing, other needs. Gov. Phil Murphy says ‘more permanent solutions to this challenge’ are necessary
- Assembly Passes Raft of Bills to Fight ‘Food Insecurity’ in Garden State
- Finding solutions for New Jerseyans who don’t have easy access to nutritious food, or even to enough food, was a priority for Speaker Coughlin
- How to Address New Jersey’s Hidden Poverty: NJ Spotlight Roundtable
- NJ Spotlight and United Ways of New Jersey brought together top lawmakers and thought leaders to discuss ways to stem the growing tide of financial instability among working families
- Senate Creates Commission to Study Ways of Preventing Wrongful Convictions
- Assembly has yet to take vote on bill that would give new body 18 months to report on securing justice for innocent people in state prisons
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