Legislation to expand corporate tax breaks in New Jersey cleared another hurdle to become law, despite objections from ...

The law allows students to use their phones in certain cases, such as emergencies or for translation services.

One bill would restrict cooperation between New Jersey police and federal immigration agents. One critic said it “promotes lawlessness.” ...

A state commission recommends a new inspector general’s office to focus on non-criminal fraud and ethics abuses.

Gov. Phil Murphy said the new laws are part of an effort to make New Jersey “the best state in the nation to deliver and ...

In the nearly four years since Matt Platkin became New Jersey’s 62nd attorney general, his critics have multiplied. Platkin regards it all as a measure of his success. “I haven’t shied away from tough ...

New Jersey drivers will shell out more for tolls as the new year starts. Motorists using the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway will see 3% increases on all vehicle classes, hikes approved ...

A state judge has thrown out a criminal indictment against prison guards and administrators accused in the brutal 2021 beatdown of women incarcerated at the troubled Edna Mahan Correctional Facility ...

When New Jersey lawmakers passed a compassionate release law in 2020 meant to give more seriously ill people a path out of prison, they cheered the move as “the right thing to do” and projected it ...

New Jersey’s gas tax will rise 4.2 cents per gallon on Jan. 1, the rate driven higher by slightly lower fuel use and a 2024 state law that boosted the tax’s collection targets. The increase will bring ...

Towns would be barred from charging fees to people using public defenders under the bill. Supporters say the fee unduly burdens low-income residents.

A South Jersey state senator’s accusations that Attorney General Matthew Platkin is using his office to pursue political vendettas are “outrageous, totally ridiculous, and wrong,” Platkin said Monday.