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Following almost two weeks of angry outcries from New Jersey parents and law enforcement, Democrats who control the Legislature are backpedaling on a provision in new marijuana laws that prohibit police from notifying parents if they catch underage kids smoking weed or drinking alcohol. Democratic leaders have largely been silent though the controversy. Members of the Legislative Black Caucus and Legislative Latino Caucus insisted on a wide ranging decriminalization bill or they would have pulled their support from legislation setting up New Jersey's legal marijuana marketplace. The chairmen ...

New N.J. legal weed bill would ease underage drinking penalties Updated Feb 19, 2021; The long, strange trip New Jersey lawmakers are taking in the quest to legalize marijuana just took an unexpected detour. A plan to create civil penalties for those under 21 caught with weed has evolved into an effort to decriminalize underage drinking. This is the last attempt by lawmakers to compromise with Gov. Phil Murphy on penalties for underage marijuana use, something he has said must be in place before he signs bills to legalize and decriminalize weed in New Jersey. The state Senate Judiciary Comm...

Infighting and disappointment that social justice is getting short shrift has put the passage of NJ's legal-weed bills in peril.

Jan 12, 2021 / 09:00 PM EST INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Could major changes be coming for Indiana law enforcement officers? A committee of state lawmakers Tuesday took a big step forward. The panel of lawmakers advanced a proposal to create guidelines to help police agencies in hiring and training and to create other measures to increase trust from the public. “It’s historic,” said state Rep. Greg Steuerwald, a Republican from Avon, who spent the past six months conversing with various law-enforcement agencies before writing House Bill 1006. It would require a state law-enforcement trainin...

Dr. Susan Moore recorded a video documenting insufficient treatment she received while suffering from COVID-19. Author: Sandra Chapman Updated: 7:38 PM EST January 8, 2021 INDIANAPOLIS — The treatment of an Indiana doctor who died from COVID-19 is prompting both an external hospital review and proposed changes in state law. 13 Investigates has details about the national experts chosen to examine the care of Dr. Susan Moore and a new proposal that could mandate bias training for health care workers statewide. Two distinguished national experts will lead an ext...