Out of all 50 states, Massachusetts received the highest score. New Jersey, not so much. New Jersey’s unemployment rate of 4.8% is better than only six states and the District of Columbia.

A version of this article appears in print on July 3, 2025, Section A, Page 19 of the New York edition with the headline: Columbia Settles Lawsuit On Ranking For $9 Million.

U.S. has no legal basis to continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, say attorneys, who ask judge to reconsider his release from ICE custody.

Anger at PJM, which manages the electrical grid in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, has been boiling over in some state capitals.

To reach its conclusion, WalletHub compared the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia across nearly two dozen metrics including childcare, doctor affordablity, health (which includes ...

Meet the five New Jerseyans who signed the Declaration of Independence: Abraham Clark had served in the Continental Congress ...

Columbia activist's lawyers appear in New Jersey court over ju­ris­diction of his case BY Associated Press and Spectrum News Staff New York City UPDATED 4:55 PM ET Mar. 28, 2025 ...

U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz of New Jersey said June 20 that the evidence submitted to the court − which government lawyers failed to contest − showed Khalil, a 30-year-old lawful ...

A federal judge has declared that he will order the release of Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil, marking a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to keep him in immigration detention in ...

Several hours later, at 1:40 a.m., he was transferred to Elizabeth, New Jersey. At 11:30 a.m., he was driven to John F. Kennedy Airport, and at 2:45 p.m. boarded a flight to Dallas, Texas.

A judge ordered the release of Mahmoud Kahlil, a Columbia graduate and Palestinian activist, in a blow to the Trump administration.