Shirley Turner

Sen. Shirley Turner says the restriction on law enforement at election sites and ballot drop boxes is needed to guard against voter intimidation and supression.

With questions about the capacity of the U.S. Postal Service to handle a mostly vote-by-mail presidential election, lawmakers consider early voting locations.

A half-dozen criminal justice and policing bills are endorsed by a Senate committee, setting most of them up for final approval on Thursday.

A North Jersey Assemblywoman says we need better transparency and accountability to stop more senseless tragedies like the George Floyd killing.

Some state lawmakers say underage gambling should have nothing to do with one's driving privileges.

New Jersey law no longer requires the mandatory suspension of driver's licenses for misdemeanor offenses, drug convictions or failing to pay fines.

A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.

A new law requires all Jersey schools to post information about the Garden State Child Abuse Hotline this fall.

Lawmakers hope a phone number and website are better than a list of mostly irrelevant addresses in notifying the public where to vote in an election.

Final legislative approval of medical marijuana expansion is likely June 10. Senate tweaked the bill to further encourage the industry's workers to unionize.