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Unions Prepare Advocacy Push Ahead Of Expected Health Premiums Vote
Labor officials are preparing a final advocacy push to head off a massive increase to health benefit premiums for government workers.
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New Jersey Expands Eligibility For Free School Breakfast And Lunch
The Working Class Families’ Anti-Hunger Act, seeks to help more children from low- and middle-income families avoid going hungry.
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New PSEG Boss Takes Over With An Eye On Wind And Solar
LaRossa said the utility also is considering blending hydrogen into its natural gas, which supporters say can cut its carbon intensity.
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Families Left To Find New Schools As Charters Are Denied Permission To Expand
New Jersey is home to 87 public charter schools, serving 60,000 students with another 20,000 students on waitlists.
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Watchdog Dings State For Sweltering Prisons, Urges Funding For Air Conditioning
About 3,500 inmates and 3,000 correctional officers suffered through the summer in stifling prisons where temperatures reached 94 degrees.
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Attorney General Says Ironworkers Union Official Retaliated Against Black Workers
In a statement, acting Attorney General Matt Platkin said he is “deeply troubled” by the woman’s complaint.
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Ruling Allows Lawsuit To Proceed That Pits Special Education Parents Against N.J.
U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman’s decision Friday puts the lawsuit on track for trial, possibly as soon as late fall.
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N.J. Supreme Court Rules Against Police Who Entered Home Without Warrant
Police can pursue a fleeing felony suspect into a home without a warrant when they have probable cause for arrest.
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Push To Restore Jury Eligibility For People With Criminal Convictions Gains Steam
New Jersey State law places a lifelong prohibition on jury service for anyone convicted of an indictable offense.
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Residents Of Newark Track Trucks To Highlight Air Pollution
Volunteers with counters were stationed around the South Ward, just west of Newark Liberty International Airport.
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How Election-Denying GOP Governors Could Tilt The 2024 Presidential Election
Many more Republican gubernatorial candidates have questioned whether the 2020 election was legitimate.
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New Jersey Won't Tax Student Loan Debt Forgiven By Biden Plan
Though some states may tax loan forgiveness, New Jersey is not one of them, a spokesperson for the state Treasury said Thursday.
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Incarcerating Parents Punishes Families, Watchdog Group Warns
The childhood trauma that results from a parent’s incarceration can echo through a child’s life.
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N.J. Is Sparking Up, Bringing In Millions In Tax Revenue From Cannabis
New Jersey raked in $4.6 million in tax revenue in the first 10 weeks since recreational cannabis sales launched.
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Congressmen Call For Amazon Probe After Worker's Death
Rafael Reynaldo Mota Frias, 42, died in Carteret after he suffered a fatal heart attack July 13 during the Amazon Prime Day sales rush.
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Plan To Widen Portion Of The New Jersey Turnpike Draws Heavy Opposition
Environmental advocates and others have voiced fierce objections to expanding the heavily trafficked roadway.
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Rents In New Jersey Remain Unaffordable Despite Pandemic Aid, Report Finds
New Jersey ranks No. 7 nationally in rental affordability, with a renter needing to earn $31.32 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment.
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Governor Murphy Signs Group Of Election Bills Into Law
The bills passed the Legislature in June before lawmakers went on their customary summer recess.
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New Office In N.J. Will Focus On Suing Gun Manufacturers
The office’s enhanced civil enforcement authority aims to “remedy unlawful conduct by manufacturers, distributors, and in the supply chain."
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4,000 Tenants To Receive State Rental Assistance Out Of 86,000 Applicants
The program reopens once every three to four years.
