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State promises to replace 13 Newark schools as district mulls bond for other projects
Superintendent Roger León says 33 of Newark’s oldest schools need replacements and estimates more than $2B is needed for all repairs and upgrades. The state has agreed to fund several new facilities to take the place of some of Newark’s oldest school buildings — but the deal still leaves out 20 schools that need to be replaced, district officials say.
Op-Ed: Action needed to sustain hospital-based programs that prevent violence
Urging state lawmakers to pass legislation that would enable Medicaid coverage and reimbursement for these programs. Last month, the U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, released a landmark advisory on gun violence as a pressing public health issue. This urgent call for the nation’s awareness and action reflects a reality that many cities have been wrestling with since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when community gun violence spiked to record levels, and local leaders increasingly invested in evidence-based interventions to address this crisis.
97 degrees
And it’s supposed to only get hotter this week. But if one is wondering how hot was the hottest for New Jersey on Monday, the title goes to Trenton, where the National Weather Service was reporting 97 degrees Fahrenheit. (Don’t ask for the heat index.) Here’s hoping we...
Will the divisions calm after Trump attempted assassination?
New Jersey leaders continued to react Monday to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, several joining the calls for more respect and less rhetoric in the nation’s political discourse. Among them were gubernatorial candidates Steve Sweeney, a Democrat and former Senate president, and Sen. Jon...
NJ Spotlight News: July 15, 2024
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news, along with our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. Will the divisions calm after Trump attempted assassination?. Interview: State Sen. Joe Pennacchio and NJ Democratic State Committee Chair Leroy Jones.
Jury deliberations continue in Menendez trial
It was the jury’s first full day deliberating the corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez. The jury in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) completed its first full day of deliberation on Monday without reaching a verdict. Deliberations technically began Friday afternoon, when the jury considered...
GOP lawmaker demands independent audit of NJ Transit
Sen. Anthony Bucco (R-Morris) is calling for an independent audit of New Jersey Transit because, he said, not enough has been done to fix the ongoing issues plaguing the agency and commuters who use it. Bucco said “to continue to keep throwing money at NJ Transit is just a waste.”...
Heat advisory in effect for New Jersey
New Jersey is bracing for another work week of temperatures inching toward triple digits, with not even this past weekend’s wet weather able to cool down the Garden State. “We’ve had the second warmest June on record, and we’re on a pace for a Top 10… for the month of July,” said David Robinson, New Jersey State Climatologist. “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday are going be the height of this and with it … the levels of humidity are going to be there as well, which is when we can’t rid our bodies of heat very effectively.
Special election candidates vie for chance of serving 3 months in Congress
Democratic voters won’t get to decide candidate to succeed late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. in next Congress. Eleven candidates are vying to complete the term in Congress of Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-10th) in a special primary election Tuesday. Payne died earlier this year, and his death occurred too close to the Democratic primary for his name to be replaced on the ballot, leading to his posthumous win.
Unions make gains in nurse-to-patient ratios but want statewide law
Twenty-one years ago, a small handful of Democratic lawmakers introduced a measure that could have made New Jersey the first state to require nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in its hospitals. The legislation never advanced and a version is still pending today. Supporters of what’s known as the safe staffing bill said...
Democrats vying to replace Rep. Donald Payne Jr. discuss key issues
Voters in the 10th Congressional District go to the polls Tuesday for a special primary election. Voters in the 10th Congressional District will go to the polls Tuesday for a special primary election. They will select their candidate to finish the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr.’s term representing the district, to be decided by a special general election in September.
4.2%
Annual rate of inflation in New York/Newark/Jersey CIty region. Inflation news made national headlines last week, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Thursday that the annual rate of inflation cooled in June to 3%, an optimistic sign for the economy. But it appears much of New Jersey is a little bit of outlier, as the annual inflation rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City region rose to 4.2% in June, while dropping slightly to 3.6% in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington region.
NJ delegation reacts to assassination attempt on Trump
WASHINGTON — New Jersey political leaders were unified in sympathy and outrage at what has been called an assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign rally on Saturday. “There is no room for political violence in America at any time, in any place, from any person, for...
NJ Spotlight News: July 12, 2024
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news, along with our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. The jury will deal with charges against NJ senator and two co-defendants. Menendez’s old allies: Senator’s legacy tainted, accomplishments wasted...
Jury in Menendez trial begins deliberations
The jury will deal with charges against NJ senator and two co-defendants. Jury deliberations began in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Friday, kicking off the final stretch in a case that has been argued in court for more than two months. Judge Sidney Stein...
ICE operation in Princeton leaves community shaken
Agency said it 'targeted three non-citizens for arrest,' claims interference. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents conducted an operation in Princeton early Wednesday morning that left many in the community shaken and worried for its large immigrant population. Angela Ramos works in Princeton and said she watched ICE agents stop day...
Biden’s press conference stumbles add to rough couple of weeks
NJ Spotlight News’ Washington, D.C. correspondent Ben Hulac spoke with correspondent Raven Santana on Friday and parsed President Biden’s rough couple of weeks, culminating in his uneven press conference on Thursday evening at the NATO summit in Washington, D.C. Biden tried again to make the case that he...
Hoboken’s resiliency parks fight flooding but come with a big price tag
A new report suggests ways to pay for similar resiliency projects amid climate change. Hoboken’s four resiliency parks conceal massive underground tanks that can take on about 4 million gallons of rainwater. Amy Chester, the director of Rebuild by Design, the organization that drew up the parks, says early estimates show the tanks reducing local flooding by 88%, justifying the price tag of more than $230 million.
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