New Jersey lobbying hits record $110.6 million as spending to influence state policies surges

Middlesex County man sentenced in $7.7 million securities fraud case

Prosecutors said Shahid Javed used fictitious fuel companies, false promises of returns, and a Ponzi scheme to steal millions from investors.

Gov. Sherrill’s data center “guardrails” look more like a green light

Political spin advances a pro–data center agenda

Jersey Vindicator sues for release of body camera footage in Delaney Hall theft case

The lawsuit challenges the decision to withhold footage tied to criminal charges against an Essex County sergeant.

ICE abandons proposal to convert Roxbury warehouse into immigrant detention center

The federal government may sell the $130 million warehouse after months of opposition from New Jersey officials, Roxbury leaders and residents, and a court challenge.

Prediction markets are creating new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical betting by turning politics into a game

Matt Motta, Boston University and Robert Ralston, University of Birmingham Arrests for betting on the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Death threats from gamblers to a journalist reporting on an Iranian missile attack on Israel. Fears of government officials manipulating world events – including the Iran war – to make a...