A New Jersey mom convicted of burning her two young children to death could soon walk free thanks to now-former Gov. Phil ...

The New Jersey governor’s pardon was issued Tuesday even before a jury convicted Harris Jacobs, 28, for a hit-and-run in Atlantic City that killed a pedestrian. The pardon was one of 97 issued by ...

The former New Jersey governor said one of the bills he rejected had a 'drafting oversight,' and he recommended an amendment.

The former governor issued more than 450 clemencies before leaving office, including some for serious crimes that have drawn ...

In one of his final acts in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy pardoned the son of a Democratic powerbroker after he was ...

While new Gov. Mikie Sherrill may face a fiscal landscape full of “budget time bombs,” that did not stop her predecessor, former Gov. Phil Murphy, from throwing $128 million at a handful of pork ...

The outgoing governor adhered to a tradition of clemency on the way out.

In his eighth State of the State address — and the last major appearance of his tenure — Gov. Phil Murphy declared that New Jersey is “fairer and stronger” than it was when he took office eight years ...

Though former Gov. Phil Murphy established an advisory board, the ultimate decision to grant clemency was up to him.

Gov. Phil Murphy delivered his final State of the State address on Jan. 13. Let's remember these aspects of his complex legacy.

Gov. Phil Murphy has used his two terms as New Jersey governor to broadly stabilize state finances and advance progress on social issues.