Tag: State Sen. Shirley Turner

New Jersey high school juniors will be required to take a new New Jersey Graduation Proficiency Assessment (NJGPA) test in ...

Reforms to policing continue to gather momentum in the Garden State. The Attorney General’s Office is working to expand a ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a comprehensive legislative package to address food insecurity in New Jersey. The package, comprised ...

With middle school students enjoying the waning days of summer, a new school year is just around the corner. And ...

Prison reform was the focus of new legislation put forth by a host of New Jersey Democratic legislators before lawmakers ...

The bill requires at least one course specifically tailored to instruction on civics for middle school students.

A pair of bills sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg (D-37) that would work to combat discrimination were approved ...

One bill would allow students to repeat the grade level which they were enrolled while another seeks to mandate training ...

Committees in the State Senate passed bills to increase early-voting and the pay for poll workers

A trio of bills aimed at changing operations at the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission were advanced by lawmakers in ...

The bill would require each board of education to provide a middle school civics course beginning in the 2022-2023 school ...

Legislators are pledging to put more money towards getting body-worn cameras by police officers off the ground.