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Retired school administrators who return to public employment would no longer be able to continue to collect their retirement benefits in addition to their salaries under a bill that's been introduced by Assemblyman Ralph Caputo.

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The city of Camden has officially replaced its police department with a county force that officials say will be bigger and better for the same amount of money.

Top state officials insist it's an idea that can work all over New Jersey

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Pretty much everybody has applied for a job at some point and that means pretty much everybody has seen that box on an application that asks you to check it if you have a criminal record.

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Gaming industry leaders, law enforcement and state officials huddled at the State House yesterday to talk about the issue of gambling addiction in New Jersey.

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Teens and young adults, especially college students are twice as likely to become compulsive gamblers than any other segment of society and something must be done to stem that tide. That’s the takeaway following a meeting today at the State House with gaming industry leaders, law enforcement and state officials.

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The full New Jersey Assembly has approved a measure that would bar a person convicted of a sexual assault that resulted in the birth of child from obtaining custody or visitation rights to that child.

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Excerpts from Newtown Parents' News Conference in Support of Limiting Ammo Magazine Size (A-1329) from NJ Assembly Democratic Office on Vimeo.

Parents of victims of the horrific Newtown school massacre filled Assembly Democratic Leader Lou Greenwald's State House office yesterday and fought back tears as they pleaded for the legislature to pass a bill to impose a 10-bullet limitation on the capacity of semiautomatic ammunition magazines.

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Governor Chris Christie's re-election campaign touts his first term successes and ties them to a sense of "Jersey Patriotism" in his first television ad of the campaign.

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A group of U.S. Senators have begun a push to provide at least $257 million in funding for a federal program that allows law enforcement agencies across the country to hire officers.

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Two New Jersey Congressmen, from different sides of the isle, have teamed up to fight for more funding to secure $40 million for suicide prevention programs for veterans and active duty soldiers.

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