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3 days ago · New Jersey Monitor provides fair and tough reporting on the issues affecting New Jersey, from political corruption to education to criminal and social justice. We strive to hold powerful people accountable and explain how their actions affect New Jerseyans from Montague to Cape May. New Jersey Monitor, PO Box 6843, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest ...
Immigrant activists conflicted on new state guidance to N.J. schools
3 days ago · Immigration activists have mixed feelings about guidance issued by the state Department of Education urging school districts to develop protocols in case federal immigration officials show up at schools. The guidance came after the Trump administration threw out federal policies that protect ...
N.J. Supreme Court expands access to police body camera footage
6 days ago · State laws on public record access and police body-cam footage can conflict on disclosure, requiring the state Supreme Court to weigh in.
Environmentalists, fearing backslide, look to N.J. gubernatorial ...
3 days ago · Environmentalists urged N.J. gubernatorial candidates to prioritize the environment, warning the new Trump administration threatens progress.
Lawmakers approve tweaks to tax credit program aimed at seniors
Oct 28, 2024 · Assembly Speaker Coughlin said the bill would "ensure the smooth implementation" of Stay NJ, a property tax relief program aimed at seniors.
Judge ends New Jersey's ban on one 'assault firearm,' but upholds ...
Jul 31, 2024 · Both gun rights advocates and state officials said they will appeal a federal judge's split ruling on 'assault firearms' and ammunition.
Longshoremen reach tentative deal to avert port strikes
Jan 9, 2025 · The International Longshoremen’s Association and a group representing their employers reached a tentative agreement that is set to avert widespread strikes that could have strangled the flow of goods through the country’s ports as early as next week. The terms of the tentative agreement, which comes months after a three-day strike in October that threatened to cripple shipping nationwide ...
Lawmakers aim to stop creditors from debt-collecting people 'into …
Dec 23, 2024 · Advocates for working families want New Jersey lawmakers to protect people's homes, bank accounts, and household goods from debt collectors.
Message for poor NJ Transit riders: Fixes are coming … eventually
Oct 25, 2024 · Our state's leaders say fixes to NJ Transit are coming soon, but riders deserve more.
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
Sep 27, 2024 · A gun-rights group says N.J.'s one-gun-a-month restriction isn't rooted in history and must be struck down as unconstitutional under Bruen.