Jason Ballard's bus companies secured $2.4 million in contracts at Newark Public Schools after he stopped working there.

The four major electric companies in the state, PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric, and Rockland Energy, have agreed to ...

PATERSON, N.J. — The Paterson Police Department is once again under local control. A New Jersey appeals court ruled Wednesday that Attorney General Matt Platkin overstepped his authority when he ...

PATERSON — The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office had no authority to take over the operations of the Paterson Police Department 21 months ago, a state appellate court ruled on Wednesday.

New Jersey’s attorney general, Matthew J. Platkin, seized control of the Paterson Police Department in March 2023. He vowed to appeal a ruling that found he had overstepped his authority.

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey's top law enforcement official overstepped his authority last year when he took control of the police force in Paterson, the state's third-largest city, soon after ...

Paterson, New Jersey, police officials have filed a lawsuit against state Attorney General Matt Platkin. The suit accuses Platkin of overstepping his constitutional authority with a state-imposed ...

When Platkin announced the state takeover of Paterson in March, city officials were blindsided. As attorney general, Platkin has direct authority over police chiefs in New Jersey and used that ...

Paterson is New Jersey’s third-most-populous municipality ... caught high-ranking and rank-and-file members of the Paterson Police Department off guard. Some privately expressed displeasure ...

Police officers in Paterson have robbed, beaten, shot and killed scores of Black men, earning the department a reputation as one of the most troubled in New Jersey. Between 2018 and 2020 ...

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced it has assumed control of the Paterson Police Department until new leadership can be installed, saying there is a “crisis of confidence” in ...