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- Costs Outpace Wages in NJ, More Households Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
- Many New Jerseyans don’t have enough income to cover housing, food, transportation, healthcare, and taxes
- NJ Sexual Harassment Policies Pale Beside Those of Corporate America
- State department and agency protocols can differ extensively, or be absent entirely — as is the case with the New Jersey Senate, which has no written hiring protocols in place
- Clergy Urge Governor, Lawmakers to Raise Minimum Wage in NJ to $15
- With politicians seeming to have become bogged down on issue, religious coalition expresses urgency about addressing Garden State’s widening wage gap
- Building a Better Future One Building Project at a Time
- YouthBuild gives participants a place to master skills, earn a GED, and think beyond high school
- It Just Became Easier to Clean A Criminal Record in the Garden State
- Courts already deal with 10,000 expungement applications annually. Reforms ‘will open the door’ for thousands more to apply
- New Jersey’s Newest Gangs: Younger, More Violent, and Posting their Crimes Online
- Children as young as eight years old are in neighborhood gangs that use social media as ‘electronic billboards’ to intimidate rivals, show off weapons
- New Jersey’s Youngest Parents: Short on Skills, Cash, and a Viable Future
- Without education and training — or even affordable childcare — the Garden State’s youngest families can trap two generations in a cycle of poverty and disappointment, report says
- Clergy Ask Coughlin to Help Change How Fatal Police Shootings Are Investigated
- Pastors want Assembly Speaker to release legislation requiring Attorney General to take over in cases of killings by police
- Concerns that Legalized Sports Betting Will Worsen Problem Gambling in NJ
- Recent legalization has made it very easy to place a wager in New Jersey. Some are predicting that gambling addiction will rise among New Jerseyans as a result
- Hudson County Launches Pilot to House Chronically Homeless
- Initiative melds rental vouchers and intensive support services from two hospitals to help get homeless off the street and keep them off
- Incomes Rose in NJ Last Year but Significant Number of Residents Remain in Poverty
- Earnings rose for New Jerseyans in 2017, according to new census data, and fewer people were categorized as poor. Women continue to earn less than men
- Millennials Not Hotfooting It Out of New Jersey After All — Report
- Painting a different picture from two recent studies, a new report finds that young adults are not leaving the Garden State any faster than previous generations
- NJ’s Missing Apprentices: State Urged to Do More to Increase their Number
- New Jersey compares poorly with other states when it comes to supporting apprenticeship programs. Report urges policymakers to introduce robust incentives
- AG Launches Investigation into Possible Sex Crimes Involving Catholic Priests
- Allegations of extensive clerical child abuse in Pennsylvania prompt Grewal to create task force, establish new sex-abuse hotline
- Incidence of Driving While Drugged Has Risen Sharply on NJ Roads
- Report says more drivers who were killed on New Jersey’s roads in 2015 and 2016 tested positive for drugs than for alcohol
- Making More of — and from — NJ’s Revolutionary Heritage
- State urged to do more to promote New Jersey’s central role in American Revolution as 250th anniversary approaches. Future economic benefits are emphasized
- Legalizing Marijuana in NJ: Where’s the Bill, Who Benefits, Who Pays?
- New Jersey is on the cusp of legalizing recreational cannabis. But with no legislation ready, questions — and fears — are being raised
- Helping NJ Prisoners Get on College Track
- Changing lives: the transformative program that helps incarcerated and formerly incarcerated New Jerseyans gain college credits
- Grewal Calls Judge’s Decision to Block 3D Gun Site a Victory for Public Safety
- Attorney General indicates he will move to shut down other sites offering 3D blueprints when he finds them
- NJ Suburbs Bounce Back as Older Millennials Go for House and Garden
- Population of New Jersey’s suburban ring springs back even as three most urban counties continue to grow. Millennial generation is key
- Civil Rights Coalition Calls for End to Core Element of NJ Bail Reform
- Group fears computer risk-assessment tools can worsen racial disparities in who gets released while awaiting trial
- The Babies in New Jersey Who Start Out with ‘Odds Stacked Against Them’
- Advocacy group’s first-ever population report on NJ’s infants and toddlers highlights their higher rate of relative poverty, and vulnerability to health and safety problems
- ACLU-NJ Sues School Districts for Asking About Immigration Status
- Attorney argues that districts illegally request photo licenses or state ID cards to prevent students from registering for schools
- Radio Station Suspends Hosts for Using Racial Slur Against State Attorney General
- Politicians of every stripe jump to support AG Gurbir Grewal, the first Sikh-American in the country to hold such a position
- Grewal Tries to Block Texas Company’s Release of Plans for 3-D Guns on Internet
- AG orders company to ‘cease and desist’ from making computer files available online that NJ residents could use to ‘print’ their own guns
- NJ Renews Funding for McGreevey’s Prisoner Re-Entry Program
- Former governor celebrates fresh grants, including one that helps people get jobs in construction
- U.S. Third Circuit Decides in Favor of New Jersey Criminal-Justice Reform
- In ruling, judge upholds state’s 2014 determination to eliminate monetary bail as prerequisite for release from jail
- NJ Close to Giving Prisoners Access to State Financial Aid for College Courses
- Former Gov. Jim McGreevey says initiative would be ‘a game changer,’ offering those who are incarcerated the prospect of a career rather than a return to the streets ‘with no hope’
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