New Jersey

Advisors for the course say it allows for deeper discussions on the role of women in Black liberation movements, the influence of African American art, and more.

Gov. Phil Murphy announced plans Wednesday to make New Jersey a national leader in clean energy.

Advanced Placement African American Studies courses will be expanded to 26 schools in New Jersey next year.

"All Ewing public schools are closed today while we investigate an unconfirmed school threat," police said.

Adriana Kuch, a freshman in the Central Regional School District along the Jersey Shore, died on Feb. 3. Her father says bullying led her to take her own life.

Advocates argue that new legislation upping penalties for fentanyl will unfairly punish people from communities impacted by the war on drugs.

The bill would close a loophole in the state's 2006 indoor smoking law written specifically to exempt casinos from bans on smoking indoors.

A group of ten community elders share their first-hand accounts of being a part of the African American community in Haddonfield, N.J.

Gov. Phil Murphy said a new program will tackle food insecurity by offsetting the rising cost of food and groceries since the beginning of the pandemic.

Voters will head to the polls this spring to weigh in on races for mayor, city council, state Supreme Court, and beyond.

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey reintroduced the Keep Americans Safe Act, a bill that would largely ban high-capacity gun magazines.

N.J. Supreme Court Justice Stuart Rabner announced that due to the number of vacancies on the bench, six counties will suspend civil trials.

The bill requires companies to pay temporary workers minimum wage after deductions for food and meals, improving conditions for thousands of immigrants.

The 26-year-old Clifton man was due to make his initial appearance Thursday in federal court in Newark, and it wasn’t known if he has an attorney.

The business analyst and part-time EMT was elected to the Sayreville council as a Republican in 2021.