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A WNYC investigation reveals that immigrant detainees in New Jersey are sent to solitary confinement for non-violent and, at times, perplexing reasons.

The state Board of Education says Jersey City is ready to regain full control of its school system, after 26 years under state authority.

A new book reveals how Sen. Booker and Gov. Christie chose to use private philanthropy, instead of public funding, to transform Newark schools—without public approval.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka handed out about 3,000 book bags filled with school supplies to students at housing projects and houses of worship, as part of his Back To School Bus Tour.

A Superior Court judge is expected to hear arguments on the proposed pollution settlement between ExxonMobil and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Thursday.

A hospital in Newark is $230 million in debt and struggling to stay open. There’s a willing buyer, but the state hasn’t approved the deal yet, and doctors are starting to leave. 

The Natural Resources Defense Council says New Jersey breached its duty to protect public resources when it accepted a $225 million settlement with Exxon. 

Teachers and transit employees from across New Jersey say Gov. Christie has turned his back on public workers. 

A set of bills in the New Jersey legislature seek to make it harder for domestic violence abusers to keep their guns, and make it easier for victims to obtain them. 

A New Jersey man is being held without bail for allegedly planning to provide resources and fighters to the terrorist group that calls itself the Islamic State.  

His mother said “extreme paranoia was eating at Kalief and tearing him apart,” before his suicide, and since his release from Rikers Island, where he spent three years without a trial.

Weeks after the worst voter turnout in New Jersey in 90 years, leading Democrats want to overhaul the state’s voting laws, which they say deter participation.

Thousands of New Yorkers dressed in the colors of the Puerto Rican flag lined 5th Avenue for the city's annual Puerto Rican Day parade. 

Close to 400 New Jerseyans with disabilities are in out-of-state facilities. Gov. Christie wants to bring them back, but some say the state can't provide the level of care they require.

The mayor of Newark said a casino and accompanying convention center, hotel and restaurants could bring more than 4,000 permanent jobs to the city and $1 billion in total revenue. 

The ACLU of New Jersey is calling for an investigation into police tactics outside a hip hop concert at MetLife Stadium.

All 70,000 children who signed up for pre-K for next school year will have a seat. 

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The governor said the state is offering the reward for information leading to the apprehension of two convicted murderers who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York. 

Lawmakers and union leaders in New Jersey are questioning whether the state's pension funds are being invested responsibly.