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Five housing affordability, protection bills advanced by NJ Legislature. What they do
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA flurry of bills expanding affordable housing assistance, eviction protections and energy...
NJ Senate passes money-in-politics overhaul that would give Phil Murphy sway over election watchdog
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree weeks after pulling back a massive money-in-politics overhaul bill from full legislative...
Gov. Murphy nominates three women to serve on State Board of Education
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGov. Phil Murphy has nominated three women to serve on the State Board of Education, a group made up...
Could the end of the NJ county line doom county political machines? Some wonder | Stile
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe party line, a routine fixture of New Jersey primaries for nearly 80 years, appears to be doomed...
NJ Attorney general sues Hanover school district over policy on LGBTQ students
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe state Attorney General's Office has filed a civil rights complaint against the Hanover Township...
NJ ban on banning books? New bill would cut aid to libraries, schools that block access
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPublic and school libraries that ban books or restrict access to them could see their state funding...
NJ mulls creating a new office to fight COVID learning loss. Here's what the czar would do
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew Jersey could be next in line to join states that have passed laws to address the learning loss...
Abortion restrictions put women’s rights on shaky ground, even in New Jersey
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday again heard a case that could curtail abortion access in parts...
Assembly panel moves public records bill in near-unanimous vote despite ‘grave concern’
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCritics have assailed the bill as an assault on transparency. Officials say a change is needed to...
NJ faces a judicial crisis, and a certain unwritten tradition isn't helping — Stile
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was a clash over a routine governor's nomination that could easily have served as the script for a political parody. When former labor leader Joel R. Jacobson's was nominated in the 1970s ...