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Heroin abuse and addiction is not gradually becoming an epidemic in the Garden State. It is an epidemic right now, according to one state legislator who has introduced a bill that provides stricter penalties for heroin-related crimes.

In January, Gov. Chris Christie fired deputy chief of staff Bridget Kelly after a Bridgegate email she apparently sent was made public: "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee." Kelly has been out of the public eye ever since, but showed up for a court hearing Tuesday even though she was not required to attend.

Lawyers for Bridget Kelly and Bill Stepien, two key players in the ongoing Bridgegate scandal were in court Tuesday to make the case as to why their clients should not be compelled to turn over subpoenaed documents to the legislative committee probing the issue. Kelly's attorney says granting his client immunity would speed up the process.

Despite the Bridgegate debacle that linked directly to senior members of Gov. Chris Christie’s administration, and recent poll numbers that show his approval ratings are still down in the dumps, a shot at becoming the Republican frontrunner for president isn’t out of the question.

For the second time in about two weeks, NJ Transit and the NFL declined an invitation to testify before the Assembly Transportation Committee about the mass transit nightmare after the Super Bowl that left thousands of commuters stranded for hours.

Legislation approved by the New Jersey Assembly Judiciary Committee Monday could change the termination age for child support payments from 18 to 19 years of age.

As the Bridgegate investigation continues, Gov. Chris Christie's approval numbers keep dropping, according to a just-released poll.

New Jersey's Senate Republican Leader plans to introduce legislation that targets "upskirting," or taking secret photographs and video underneath other people's clothes.

Have you ever had a problem that you think the government can help you with, but when you call an agency you can't get a live person on the phone?

With talk coming out of Trenton in recent weeks about some top Democrats who want to discuss hiking the gas and millionaires' taxes, one legislator actually wants to lower a tax we all pay -- but history shows the possibility of success is not high.