Joe Hernandez

New Jersey debates whether one should need to prove legal residency in the state in order to get a driver’s license.

It comes nearly a year after Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a different bag ban, which he said was not tough enough.

Freelancers say the legislation meant to protect people from wrongly being classified as independent contractors will cost them business.

The attorney general said the directives will mean greater transparency in an era of increased scrutiny of the criminal justice system.

The N.J. Department of Corrections has come under fire from criminal justice and public health advocates who say its policy of targeted screening for the virus falls short.

Any sexual abuse survivor, abused at any time in N.J., can sue their abuser even if previously blocked by statute of limitations, for the next two years.

A New Jersey law taking effect Sunday will require all drunk driving offenders to install an ignition interlock in their cars.

Public hearings starting hours late. Lawmakers refusing to let the audience speak. N.J. advocates say the public is increasingly shut out of the political process in Trenton.

Drug recognition experts testify about whether a driver was under the influence. But critics call it “junk science.”

In June, state regulators approved the first application for a wind farm off the Jersey Shore, which is expected to start generating power in five years.

George Norcross told legislators at the Statehouse in Trenton on Monday that the state’s tax incentive program has succeeded in revitalizing distressed areas.

Their proposal comes more than a decade after the Garden State publicly apologized in 2008 for its role in the U.S. slave trade.