Shirley Turner

A bill doing away with Daylight Saving Time in NJ remains stuck in committee

The sponsor of the measure says kids need to learn about how our government functions, instead of spending all their time playing video games

The “Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities” pilot program in Camden, Newark, Paterson and Trenton will cost $8.4 million.

Backers of the curriculum change say there is a "civics crisis in this country." Some point to the January riot at the Capitol as proof.

Since reopening to the public in July, Atlantic City's nine casinos have been blocked from permitting their guests to smoke indoors, due to COVID-19 concerns.

Parents would have until June 1 to decide their school-age children are going to repeat their current grade, under a bill advanced Tuesday by a Senate panel.

Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, a primary sponsor of the measure, said she's been waiting 20 years for a law like this to become reality in the Garden State.

State Senator Shirley Turner has introduced a bill every legislative session for the past 10 years but says people, especially legislators, don't like change.

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.