Politics & Policy

A state watchdog agency in New Jersey said corrupt pawn shops, secondhand goods stores, and scrap yards are taking advantage of the opioid epidemic to maximize their profits.

If lawmakers don’t pass the amendment in time, the next year it would have an impact is 2030.

In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have echoed one another’s condemnation of the policy.

Current New Jersey law requires school buses to have lap-only belts. It's one of six states to require seatbelts at all on school buses.

Over the course of two days this week, a state House panel pushed forward a raft of gun control measures that have accumulated in the chamber in recent months.

"We want to keep families together," he said.

We appear to be on the precipice of something. I wish we knew what it was.

The Trump administration has revoked an environmental and economic management program for the United States' coastal ecosystems.

I don’t dream about the hospital. I dream about the future. I’ve become braver since my ordeal, I take chances, I love hard, I speak my truth. My community is my sanctuary.

Sometimes, an image, such as John Moore's photograph of a crying 2-year-old Honduran girl, captures the essence of a story that we've all been hearing about.

Delaware Riverkeeper Network says Sunoco has violated conditions on drilling and water pollution.

The chorus of condemnation includes Democrats, as well as Republicans, who are increasingly worried that this could damage the GOP's chances in November.

Lawyers and medical providers who have visited the Rio Grande Valley shelters described play rooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis.

The plan calls for spending $32.7 billion — roughly $700 million more than last year.