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By CARLY SITRIN 02/26/2021 05:01 AM EST New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday will sign into law a tuition-free community college program its architects say should become a national model. T...

By MADINA TOURÉ 02/26/2021 07:47 PM EST From the beginning of Richard Carranza’s tenure as head of the biggest school system in America, things haven’t been easy. He started out as Mayo...

By ANDREW ATTERBURY  02/25/2021 01:57 PM EST TALLAHASSEE — Schools of Hope, a school choice program championed by Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran, is facing a nearly 20...

By MACKENZIE MAYS 02/25/2021 04:03 PM EST SACRAMENTO — Parents across California are protesting outside district offices, circulating petitions and dialing into school board meetings with a f...

By MATT DIXON 02/24/2021 05:29 PM EST TALLAHASSEE — A West Palm Beach tobacco company says that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ top licensing agency is engaging in an “abuse of power” because it i...

By ERIN DURKIN  02/23/2021 05:52 PM EST Last year, officials vowed an overhaul to expunge many New Yorkers from the city's DNA database, but the number of genetic profiles held by the ci...

By KATHERINE LANDERGAN 02/23/2021 02:53 PM EST New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday unveiled a $44.8 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2022 that imposes no new taxes or fees and makes t...

By DANIELLE MUOIO  02/22/2021 05:01 AM EST Air quality in predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhoods like Hunts Point and the south side of Williamsburg is much worse than previously...

By SAM SUTTON  02/22/2021 07:25 PM EST New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy finally delivered on a 2017 campaign promise when he signed legislation Monday that legalizes cannabis for adults, decr...

By SAMANTHA MALDONADO  02/10/2021 05:00 AM EST The Board of Public Utilities still has a transparency problem. Six months ago, the board finally joined 48 other states in establish...