Child care initiative seen as economic key, especially for women
A lawmaker urges the Murphy administration to promote the $250 million program, which will provide help for families with up to $75,000 in income.
Benjie Wimberly
High school sports in NJ could get the green light in days
Gov. Murphy strongly endorses allowing high school sports that are played outside.
Plan would roll back legalizing some fireworks in NJ
Bill sponsor says some shops have taken advantage of the 2017 law to illegally sell larger fireworks still not allowed in New Jersey.
Plan to decriminalize marijuana, impose $50 fines moving forward
Twenty weeks before New Jersey voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana, an Assembly committee Monday voted to decriminalize it.
How NJ colleges can help get healthy meals to more students
New Jersey public colleges can now apply for grant money being allocated through the Hunger Free Campus Act.
Lawmakers look to shield H.S. coaches from 'overbearing' parents
A bill moving in Trenton would provide head coaches of high school sports three-year contracts and spell out a process to follow to fire them or cut their pay.
NJ strict with emergency funds to schools losing state aid
Around three-fourths of school districts that applied for extra state aid this year were turned down. Spending on emergency aid dropped by two-thirds.
Sensitivity training may soon be required for NJ coaches
The assemblyman sponsoring the legislation says it stems from life experiences.
Pregnant cow escapes slaughter, inspires proposed NJ law
Brianna made news when she bolted on Route 80. Now she could make a new law.
Democrats want to end 'failed' state school takeovers, but Christie threatens veto
Lawmakers said that New Jersey has accomplished little despite running the schools for the last 27 years in Jersey City, 25 years in Paterson and 20 years in Newark.