There is game-changing legislation in the works to address a flawed policy with holes in the reporting of physical bullying incidents in schools to the police.
Veterans struggling to secure roofs over their heads might have better and broader chances to do so, under a Shore-sponsored bipartisan measure that Governor Christie enacted this week.
The nomination of Louis Goetting of Point Pleasant to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority Board would mean long-overdue advocacy for the Jersey Shore, say state lawmakers who are pushing to turn shore representation into a requirement.
When the New Jersey Turnpike Authority meets, if anyone at the table is from South Jersey, it's almost coincidental. It would become mandatory, if a bill sponsored by Ocean County lawmakers advances and gets the Governor's approval.
The days of South Jersey marching to a toll-road beat that's set entirely elsewhere in the state would end, if shore-sponsored state legislation is enacted.
Responding to New Jersey's rampant heroin abuse problem, state legislators from Ocean County re-introduce a measure that would extend the sentences likely for convicted major drug pushers.
Legal loopholes that leave New Jersey veterans vulnerable in housing and finance matters would be sealed, if a shore-sponsored state measure becomes law.
For the second time in as many legislative sessions, Ocean County's Ninth District delegation lobs a Hail-Mary to knock an EMT revision bill off the Governor's Desk.