Law & Public Safety

Rep. Leonard Lance spoke with Chief Political Correspondent Michael Aron.

In the face of a potential change in the Assembly's speakership, some groups call for more diverse leadership.

The proposed federal budget cuts Medicaid by $600 billion over ten years.

Assmebly Speaker Vincent Prieto and several advocates announced a bill that would increase paid leave.

May 25 is National Missing Children’s Day. People are urged to wear green ribbons which stand for hope.

More than two dozen departments, officers and prosecutors in New Jersey received awards for building trust and increasing transparency.

Assemblyman Vincent Prieto announced that he will be seeking re-election as speaker of the Assembly.

Paramus, Lyndhurst and Mahwah, are part of a pilot drug program that focuses on getting addicts to trained counselors.

Immigrants' rights advocates hope New Jersey's next governor will prioritize issues affecting immigrant communities.

Jeff Sessions has told federal prosecutors to charge offenders with the most serious provable crime.

The median salary for roughly 19,000 municipal police officers in New Jersey was just over $105,000 in 2016.

He says the state spends $127 million a year on enforcement efforts that don’t work.

Supporters rallied around Carimer Andujar as she arrived to an ICE deportation office.

The Department of Homeland Security increased aid to nonprofits to $25 million this year. Rep. Pascrell and others are looking to double the national grant to $50 million next year.

Since bail reform went into effect Jan. 1, numbers show New Jersey's prison population decreased.