Politics

A look at some of the top stories of the year in the Garden State.

The actions bring to 49 the number of people who Trump in the last two days has granted clemency either through pardons or sentence commutations.

Democrats in the majority in Dover plan to reconvene the state legislature via video conference next month. Republicans say that will stifle public input.

Congressional leaders took seven months to negotiate the $900 billion package, which was passed with overwhelming majorities that could overturn a presidential veto.

President Trump pardoned 15 people, including GOP allies, a 2016 campaign official ensnared in the Russia probe and former government contractors convicted in a massacre.

A New Jersey constitutional amendment approved by voters in November dictates that if the state does not receive U.S. Census data by Feb. 15, it will delay redistricting.

Pa. tenants and homeowners missed out on roughly $108M of $175M in federal coronavirus relief because state programs distributing the funding made it too hard to access.

Lawmakers on both sides said a provision by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., that would curb emergency Federal Reserve powers was the sticking point.

Biden compared the climate threat to the calamity of the coronavirus pandemic and he pledged to take action.

Among the supported reforms are increasing the number of locations and extending hours for in-person early voting and paying poll workers more.

Full floor votes are set in the Senate and Assembly Monday – less than a week after the bill was introduced and 1 ½ years since the last programs elapsed.

On the 48th anniversary of the tragic accident that killed his wife and infant daughter, President-elect Joe Biden visited the Wilmington-area church where they are buried.

Government funding lapses at midnight Friday and a partial, low-impact shutdown would ensue if Congress fails to pass a stopgap spending bill before then.

As the pandemic surges and the hyper-polarization of the election has yet to wane, preparing for the holidays this year is causing many families to navigate deep divides.

After years of false starts, the New Jersey Legislature on Thursday passed a bill to set up the state’s budding recreational marijuana market.