At a legislative hearing, a familiar refrain from the education community: it's great that schools are open, but it's only October and everyone's exhausted.
Following the recent death of a 3-year-old boy in Carteret after he was attacked by two pit bulls, a plan is moving forward to crack down on the owners of large dogs in New Jersey that allow their pets to roam freely outside.
State officials are hoping federal funds can help head off what they anticipate could be the nation’s worst eviction crisis, once a pandemic-era moratorium on removing renters from their homes is allowed to expire.
Lawmakers are thinking about requiring high school sports coaches to receive multi-year contracts and a specific set of steps that would have to be followed to discipline or fire them.
A proposed law advancing through the Legislature aims to toss discrimination and harassment out of high school sports — negative practices the lawmaker who sponsors the bill says he's all too familiar with as a head football coach.
The debate is continuing not only over the availability and accessibility of affordable housing in New Jersey, but also whether the courts or the Legislature should oversee the issue.