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- 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
- After Spike in Deaths, New Jersey Looks to Prevent Suicides in Jails
- By one count, Garden State had the highest rate of deaths in custody of any large jail system in the United States
- Decrying It as ‘Policing for Profit,’ Critics Want Reform of NJ’s Civil Asset Forfeiture
- Cash, cars, boats, guns, big stuff, small stuff: Detractors say it’s all fair game for law enforcement in New Jersey even if the owners are never charged with a crime
- Expungement Debate Threatens to Delay Marijuana Legalization
- The bill to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey does not go far enough for some people, especially in expunging the criminal convictions of small-time dealers
- A South Jersey Farm Town with a Hidden History
- Japanese-Americans from around the country travel to Seabrook, a place that welcomed their forebears who were interned during World War II
- Why Are Unknown Number of Sexual-Assault Exam Kits Going Untested in NJ?
- Up to 1,500 kits are collected in New Jersey every year. Fears of a testing backlog due to lack of manpower or funding appear to be unfounded but lawmakers want to make sure
- For New Jersey Jails, Suicides and Overdoses, but Little Oversight
- By one count, New Jersey's county jails have the highest rate of deaths in custody of the 30 largest systems in the nation
- Crime Rates Plunge in New Jersey, and Bail Reform Advocates Are Gloating
- Doing away with cash bail in most cases has definitely not led to the spike in crime naysayers warned was coming
- Grewal Issues New Rules for How Law Enforcement Handles Sexual-Assault Cases
- Governor had asked for a review of existing protocols amid controversy over the hiring of a key official accused of sexual assault by another administration official
- Complaints and Confusion as Recreational Marijuana Bill Goes to Full Senate
- Passage is far from certain since even some lawmakers who voted measure out of joint committee indicate they’re not ready to say ‘yes’ in December legislative session
- The A to Z of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana in NJ — Any Day Now
- The state Legislature is set today to take up, and possibly vote on, a comprehensive bill that would make recreational use of cannabis by adults legal in the Garden State
- Unsafe at Any Speed: How NJ’s Unscrupulous Used-Car Dealers Hurt Consumers
- Hiding behind legislative loopholes in the tristate area, multidealer locations get away with scams and fraud and sometimes far worse
- Sports Wagering Is Taking a Bite out of Black-Market Betting in NJ
- Legal sports betting in New Jersey is going like gangbusters since the first bet was placed in June. The newest location opened yesterday
- New Jersey’s Recidivism Rate Plummets 19 Percent over Past Six Years
- Among factors driving the drop: more residential and community-based programs to help parolees stay on track and make the transition back to life outside prison
- Murphy Signs Law Banning ‘Ghost Guns’ In Latest Effort to Control Firearms in NJ
- Prohibition on homemade, 3D-printed and other ‘ghost guns’ is latest step in governor’s campaign to strengthen already tough gun-control posture
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