Murphy picks a 'consumer' to regulate NJ banks and insurers
As banking and insurance commissioner, Marlene Caride would oversee the creation of a public bank that Gov.-elect Phil Murphy promised in his campaign.
Marlene Caride
All eyes on Christie's school aid plans for NJ's 2018 budget
The school-aid hearings are over, but the suspense isn't. Will Gov. Chris Christie seek to impose changes in his budget? Will the aid formula be changed?
Should NJ allow physician-assisted suicide? Lawmakers to decide
The Assembly plans to vote Thursday on a thorny, somber moral issue: Should terminally ill patients be able to end their life when they choose, with the help of their doctor?
Assembly votes to strip PARCC scores from teacher evaluations
The full Assembly voted Thursday to stop evaluating teachers in part on the progress their students make in standardized test scores.
NJ lawmakers move to remove PARCC scores from teacher evaluations
Lawmakers look to abolish, or at least limit, the use of students’ scores on standardized tests in evaluating teachers – a key provision of the 2012 tenure reforms.
Is it time to revisit and revamp Megan's Law?
A proposed ban on sex offenders' use of social media was scaled back, and legislators are being urged to take a broader look at New Jersey's sex offender laws.