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Utilities, immigration, Trump: What to watch as Sherrill starts as New Jersey governor
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (1022+ words) Published Jan 19, 2026 at 11:01 a.m. ET Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in as New Jersey's next governor Tuesday, after a momentous win that made her one of the country's most high-profile Democrats taking office this year. Sherrill, a former four-term congressmember and…...
NJ releases prison death data for first time in effort to bring closure, accountability
4+ week, 1+ day ago (603+ words) Published Dec 21, 2025 at 11:01 a.m. ET Hundreds of people died inside New Jersey state prisons over the past seven years, many from heart disease, cancer and COVID-19, according to newly released data that the Department of Corrections had not previously made public....
Sen. Andy Kim of NJ backs Solomon in Jersey City mayor's race
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (606+ words) Published Nov 8, 2025 at 1:16 p.m. ET U.S. Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey endorsed James Solomon in the race for Jersey City mayor Saturday " a notable nod from a politician known for ending the reign of the state's powerful political machines. Kim said…...
Family of man killed by Jersey City police in alleged shootout hires lawyer to investigate
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (450+ words) Published Oct 22, 2025 at 4:57 p.m. ET The family of a man fatally shot by Jersey City police after he allegedly opened fire on officers is demanding answers and has hired a lawyer to investigate the incident, the family's attorney said. Darshell Robinson…...
Batten the hatches: NYC, NJ to get heavy rain, winds and flooding from nor'easter
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (422+ words) Published Oct 11, 2025 at 12:17 p.m. ET New York and New Jersey are bracing for a tumultuous nor'easter hitting the region with coastal floods, heavy rain and damaging winds starting Sunday and into Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall is expected…...
Jack Ciattarelli wants to gut NJ’s affordable housing laws. Can he do it?
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1490+ words) Published Oct 6, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. ET "Overdevelopment" is a common refrain whenever Jack Ciattarelli gets in front of voters. During his first debate with Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee in the New Jersey governor's race, he spoke of "an overdevelopment crisis....
A microcosm of the NJ governor’s race? Welcome to Morris County.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (856+ words) Published Sep 25, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. ET A story Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli tells on the campaign trail also doubles as a joke: A woman in Morris County, New Jersey, walked into a cafe and approached him "respectful but a little defiant," he…...
Housing advocates ask courts to crack down on NJ towns over affordable housing plans
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (413+ words) Published Sep 3, 2025 at 1:35 p.m. ET A New Jersey housing advocacy group is challenging the affordable housing plans of 16 towns, saying they fall short of what is required by a 2024 law that aims to add 80,000 new homes across the state. If the…...
50 years later, what Bruce Springsteen’s 'Born to Run' means to the New Jersey
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (521+ words) Published Aug 25, 2025 at 4:13 p.m. ET "Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run." 50 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen unveiled those lyrics to the world, with the album "Born to Run" hitting the shelves on Aug. 25, 1975. It is the singers…...
A New Jersey town planned a dozen new affordable homes. They may never be built.
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (721+ words) Published Aug 15, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ET New Jersey state Sen. Owen Henry is angry. Before he was elected to the Legislature last year, he'd negotiated as the mayor of Old Bridge to build 12 new affordably priced homes " many of them for veterans…...