Shirley Turner

Parents would have until June 1 to decide their school-age children are going to repeat their current grade, under a bill advanced Tuesday by a Senate panel.

Sen. Shirley Turner, D-Mercer, a primary sponsor of the measure, said she's been waiting 20 years for a law like this to become reality in the Garden State.

State Senator Shirley Turner has introduced a bill every legislative session for the past 10 years but says people, especially legislators, don't like change.

Sen. Shirley Turner says the restriction on law enforement at election sites and ballot drop boxes is needed to guard against voter intimidation and supression.

With questions about the capacity of the U.S. Postal Service to handle a mostly vote-by-mail presidential election, lawmakers consider early voting locations.

A North Jersey Assemblywoman says we need better transparency and accountability to stop more senseless tragedies like the George Floyd killing.

New Jersey law no longer requires the mandatory suspension of driver's licenses for misdemeanor offenses, drug convictions or failing to pay fines.

A proposed constitutional amendment will be before voters next November, after it barely achieved the needed three-fifths supermajority in the Legislature.

A new law requires all Jersey schools to post information about the Garden State Child Abuse Hotline this fall.

Final legislative approval of medical marijuana expansion is likely June 10. Senate tweaked the bill to further encourage the industry's workers to unionize.