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Panel also calls for restricting online sales, increasing penalties for stores and employee who sell to people under 21 & a possible ban on menthol cigarettes.

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order establishing a task force to come up with recommendations on vaping.

Jersey Shore Assemblyman Ron Dancer has introduced legislation requiring anyone convicted of fleeing sex crime charges in foreign countries to register under Megan's law.

Senate and Assembly approve a plan to make it easier to erase past criminal convictions. They're looking at possible changes to medical marijuana bill.

A rapid expansion of New Jersey's medical marijuana program may go beyond what lawmakers envision in bill one vote from reaching Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.

Marijuana will not be legalized for use by adults in New Jersey any time soon, with the idea now delayed until decided by a voter referendum in November 2020.

As Toms River Regional Schools continue their fight to prevent state aid cuts that would cripple the district for years to come, they have a powerful ally on their side in Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer.

Gov. Phil Murphy continued his search for enough votes to legalize marijuana by stressing it would erase hundreds of thousands of past convictions.

He makes an impassioned pitch for fence-sitting lawmakers to support legal pot in the Garden State.

It's not feasible to automatically erase past drug convictions as part of making marijuana legal for use by adults, says Gov. Phil Murphy.

Don't light up just yet, though.

The Governor's proposed budget calls for millions to expand the Community College Opportunity Grant program