New Jersey’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday evening that would dramatically expand the state’s statute of limitations for sexual assault, allowing survivors to file civil lawsuits against their abusers for conduct that took place years or even decades earlier. The upvote on a bill that had stalled in the Legislature in previous years came after hours of raw testimony from survivors about the abuse they had endured and the struggles of seeking justice with the state’s two

Gov. Phil Murphy is again calling for New Jersey to raise its income tax rate on millionaires, a proposal that was shot down last year by legislative Democrats as the state hurtled toward a government shutdown. In his second proposed budget, which he announced Tuesday, Murphy suggested expanding the state’s highest income tax bracket of 10.75 percent to include anyone making more than $1 million per year. Murphy predicts it would mean additional $447 million if the state expanded its highest

Brian Taylor is one of the greatest basketball players to ever come out of New Jersey, still ranked in the Top 25 on the Garden State's high school all-time scoring list. The "BT Express" was a star at Perth Amboy High School and Princeton University. He would leave the Tigers program early to join the professional ranks. Taylor would become the ABA's Rookie of the Year with the New York Nets, a team he helped win two ABA championships alongside Julius "Dr. J." Erving. After the ABA merged with

The world premiere of Martin Moran's Theo renders the complexity of living with humor and truth. Moran sat down recently with WBGO's Doug Doyle at Two River Theater in Red Bank to discuss his new five person play. Moran's highly acclaimed solo shows The Tricky Part and All The Rage were also performed at Two River. Moran is an Obie Award winner, but he has also performed in many Broadways shows including Titanic The Musical , Wicked , Spamelot and Cabaret. He has a love for both writing and

All around the Northeast, nearly every town has a great hill for sledding. A place where you can pick up a bit of speed, and go for a ride on the snow. But imagine if the best sledding hill in town was an immaculately-groomed, 150 foot vertical drop down a winding luge run. WBGO’s Jon Kalish found just such a hill in rural New Hampshire. Click above to hear Jon's report on all the fun.

Newark Public Schools has plans to launch a new curriculum that will prepare students for a career in teaching. Superintendent Roger Leon says The Teachers Academy is partnering with two respected institutions to help their plans unfold. “Montclair State University will be the higher education partner, and the American Federation of Teachers will be the professional organization partnering.” Aspiring student teachers will pair up with professional educators that offer support. The High Schoolers

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers have introduced a bill to permanently establish the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Rep. Carolyn Maloney says the new bill would extend it for 70 years. “We do not want to do this again. We need to get this authorized, introduced, and passed so there is a permanent fund for those that are sick and need the help,” Maloney said. Recently the Special Master of the 9/11 VCF said rewards would be drastically cut because the fund is running out of dollars. Rep.

Oh sure, the Oscars are a fine mess and you call the film critic in to make sense out of it. I once had a boiler guy refuse to come service my dying boiler in the dead of winter when I had shivering babies at home. “Polsky don’t come to your town never,” his secretary told me. “You tell Polsky one day he’s gonna need a film review and he can go f--- himself,” I said. Well, now Polsky is probably at home, unable to make sense out of the hot mess of the Oscars and needs a film critic. I’m here for

Are people leaving New Jersey in droves? One study suggests so, citing that twice as many people left the state in 2018 than came here. We’ve heard it over and over - high property taxes, lots of traffic and an expensive state. Governor Phil Murphy admits it’s not easy here in New Jersey. “We’ll never be the low cost state to live in or do business but we will, if it kills me…we will be again the good value for state, for good value for money state. Okay, so I know I pay a premium to there but I

The Big Blind , a radio-style musical drama written by Kurt Elling and Phil Galdston, makes its world premiere March 1 and 2 at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theatre. WBGO Theater Critic Michael Bourne sat down recently with Elling, who leads a star-studded cast that includes NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater and Broadway legend Ben Vereen.