A state Senate panel advanced a bill Monday that would expand New Jersey’s family leave law to businesses with at least 15 workers, a change from the current threshold of 30 employees. The bill has ...

A Senate panel in unanimous votes Monday approved bills that would heighten penalties for harassment against public officials and certain politically driven crimes. The legislation advanced by the ...

Gun owners looking to topple a New Jersey law banning guns in parks, bars, beaches, and other “sensitive places” have successfully persuaded a federal appeals court to rehear the case. A three-judge ...

New Jersey legislators on Monday took another step toward legalizing psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in some mushrooms that supporters consider a breakthrough therapy bound to transform ...

New Jersey lawmakers are behind a push to ban federal and local law enforcement from wearing masks on the job, a move Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill has said she supports. Sen. Benjie Wimberly (D-Passaic) ...

In a split ruling that has far-reaching implications for child abuse cases, the New Jersey Supreme Court on Thursday barred prosecutors from blaming shaken baby syndrome for children’s unexplained ...

New Jersey legislators are proposing major changes to a state law shielding addresses and other personal information of certain public officials in a bid to stem a tide of lawsuits enforcing its ...

With NJ PBS set to end operations in July after it lost state and federal funding, media and business leaders met in Trenton Monday to urge legislators to quickly find funding and ensure New Jersey ...

Public employees who want to cash in on their unused sick time wouldn’t have to wait until retirement to do so under new legislation. Under a bill sponsored by Sen. Brian Stack (D-Hudson), government ...

A New Jersey lawmaker wants to alter New Jersey’s law governing the recording of phone calls and other conversations. The bill introduced by state Sen. Joe Cryan (D-Union) would require consent from ...

It’s been less than a week since Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherill won the governor’s race, and Democrats are lining up to run for her House seat. The race to represent the 11th Congressional District ...

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman announced Monday she will exit Congress at the end of her current term rather than seek reelection next year after nearly three decades in various levels of elected office ...