Shavonda Sumter

The fix to the fix to the marijuana legalization law was endorsed Wednesday by two Assembly committees, potentially putting it on track to reach Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk in a week.

Black lawmakers and advocacy groups are advocating for legislative leaders to hold hearings in March on a bill creating a New Jersey Reparations Task Force.

Around 20% of New Jersey's budget for youth prisons would be reallocated to a pilot program focused on Camden, Newark, Paterson and Trenton under a bill.

The state Assembly has passed a so-called “scoop and run” measure allowing an officer trained as a first-responder to use a police cruiser to take a victim of gun violence to a nearby ER.

$7.7 billion in spending will keep the state operating through September. Big decisions about cuts, taxes and borrowing are due over the next three months.

Legislation that would designate Black Lives Matter Day in New Jersey and make Juneteeth a state holiday advanced in the Legislature Monday.

An Assembly committee Monday passed a package of seven bills that address police and race issues, in addition to a marijuana decriminalization plan that also stems from racial disparities in enforcement.

A program that allows people in New Jersey take college level courses while they’re locked up in prison is being expanded.

People who are on parole or probation would regain the right to vote in New Jersey, under legislation approved Monday by the state Assembly that now heads to the Senate.

New Jersey’s Legislative Black Caucus has launched a push for a special committee to investigate the history of slavery in the Garden State and the possibility of monetary reparations.