Karen Yi

New Jersey urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny New York’s injunction request to stop the dissolution of the Waterfront Commission.

A Newark city councilman pleaded guilty to taking bribes from developers and other companies looking to do business in New Jersey's largest city.

New Jersey lawmakers grilled state Labor Commissioner Rob Asaro Angelo on Thursday over the Labor Department's backlog of unemployment claims.

The study by the national nonprofit criminal justice reform group looked at the number of incarcerated people at the end of 2019 through 2021.

Both sides appeared in court on Thursday on a potentially landmark school segregation case.

The case before the state's Supreme Court says New Jersey allowed the de facto segregation of its schools by requiring students to attend schools in the municipalities where they live.

The deadline is Feb. 28.

Newark has begun demolishing the city's first public housing project.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed landmark legislation that created the program in 2020 — allowing prisoners to shave up to eight months off their sentences.

Overall, New Jersey has spent about $154 per employee on testing, and the costs per capita for each office correlate with its vaccination rate, as one might expect.

Acting comptroller Kevin Walsh is recommending the state withhold Medicaid dollars from facilities that continue to under perform.

The fund was replenished last week after Gov. Phil Murphy's office diverted most of the money to other state expenses citing lack of demand.

On WNYC’s Ask Governor Murphy live show Thursday, Murphy said he was working to replace the diverted funds by using money from another federal COVID relief package.

Officials think infections and hospitalizations in the state likely peaked earlier this month.

The remaining $34 million was re-appropriated to eligible state expenses such as payroll or other departmental costs incurred during the pandemic.

Governor Phil Murphy’s redeclaration of a public health emergency this week also reactivated the state’s early release law.

The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission will no longer vote on a contract to begin construction on a gas power plant in Newark. 

The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission wants to build a back-up power generator to prevent against future storms. 

New data reviewed by WNYC/Gothamist show lower than average recidivism rates.

The measure, which took effect Jan. 1, eliminates a key obstacle facing formerly incarcerated people who often struggle to find a decent place to live.