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N.J. will eliminate cash bail, speed up criminal trials in 2017
WHYY is one of 15 news organizations in the Philadelphia Reentry Report ...
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ListenN.J. Legislature blocks Christie’s attempt to loosen gun law
The Democrat-led Legislature on Monday blocked an attempt by Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, to make it easier to get a gun permit in ...
8 years ago
New Jersey could add tens of thousands of affordable housing units over the next decade
About 90 New Jersey towns have agreed to zone for more than 30,000 units of affordable housing over the next decade, as part of settlemen ...
9 years ago
Cumberland County strives to end chronic homelessness by 2020
Cumberland officials and a slew of nonprofit, health care, and faith leaders announced an amb ...
9 years ago
ListenBurlington County program puts teens in the shoes of police
Burlington County officials are hoping to change teens’ perspectives on law enforcement with an evening of police videos, plastic g ...
9 years ago
ListenNew research confirms South Jersey doesn’t get fair share of public resources
New evidence from researchers at Rutgers University-Camden shows that South Jersey does not receive its fair share of public resources in ...
9 years ago
Four years after Superstorm Sandy, state and federal agencies to study back-bay flooding
New Jersey and federal agencies have announced a joint study to examine ways to combat flooding on the state’s back bays, which wer ...
9 years ago
ListenProject Guardian tries to nudge Camden kids away from a life of crime
When he began speaking at the Salvation Army’s Kroc Center in Camden late Thursday morning, Police Chief Scott Thomson nodded to th ...
9 years ago
Affordable housing ‘gap period’ requirement goes before N.J. Supreme Court
It’s long been settled that every city and town in New Jersey has to zone for its “fair share” of affordable housing. ...
9 years ago
ListenProposal would extend the life of five N.J. Urban Enterprise Zones
A proposal in the New Jersey Legislature would extend the life of the state’s first five Urban Enterprise Zones for an additional t ...
9 years ago
ListenACLU settles lawsuits with five N.J. schools over ID requirements
The American Civil Liberties Union and five New Jersey schools have settled a dispute over how the schools asked parents of prospec ...
9 years ago
‘Jake’s Law’ would nudge every N.J. county to build a playground accessible to all kids
A bill up for consideration in the state Assembly would push every New Jersey county to build at least one “inclusive” playgr ...
9 years ago
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