Shirley Turner

A proposal first made 11 years ago to restore cost-of-living adjustments to the pensions of retired public workers in New Jersey may be finally picking up speed.

Efforts to give New Jersey residents some type of 'gas tax holiday' are intensifying in Trenton.

The funding formula was approved in 2008 and upheld by the courts, though it was only followed for a year. A task force could examine it for updates.

New Jersey is not alone in this debate. 33 states, including PA and NY, have pending legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent.

The sponsor of the measure says kids need to learn about how our government functions instead of spending all their time playing video games.

The “Restorative and Transformative Justice for Youths and Communities” pilot program in Camden, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton will cost $8.4 million.

Gov. Phil Murphy said New Jersey is one of a minority of states not to require civics to be taught in middle school. The change takes effect in the 2022-23 school year.

Groups and lawmakers suggest this is the perfect time to make casinos 100% smoke-free for good. Gaming halls and simulcast facilities remain exempt from the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act, which took effect 15 years ago.

Parents would have until June 1 to decide their school-age children are going to repeat their current grade, under a bill advanced Tuesday by a Senate panel.

Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, a primary sponsor of the measure, said she's been waiting 20 years for a law like this to become reality in the Garden State.