1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (878+ words) Published Jul 18, 2026 A group of local officials in New Jersey want to try something different to tackle the Garden State’s growing affordability problem — housing for low and middle-income renters on land owned by the county. Hudson County Executive Craig Guy…...

2+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (549+ words) Published Jul 12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET New Jersey electric customers will soon get a modest break on their power bills. Every electric customer in the Garden State will receive a one-time $25 credit on their August bill, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced, calling the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (984+ words) Published Jul 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. ET New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill ran last year in part on a platform to rein in rising energy costs. The state has some of the highest electricity rates in the country. But six months into her…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (788+ words) Published Jun 24, 2026 at 7:59 p.m. ET Jersey City residents will wait another week after city leaders postponed a vote on a temporary 20% property tax increase until July 1. Mayor James Solomon proposed the temporary increase last week, saying it is needed to help…...

4+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (683+ words) Published May 12, 2026 at 1:06 p.m. ET The Trump administration has agreed to largely pause the planned conversion of a warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey, into an immigration detention center until after it conducts an environmental review of the property, according to new…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (731+ words) Published Apr 24, 2026 New Jersey “clearly dislikes” immigration detention centers, according to a new court filing by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. But the agency said it needs a facility in Roxbury to handle a glut of deportation cases…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (407+ words) Published Apr 26, 2026 at 10:53 a.m. ET Sticker shock is still setting in over the sky-high ticket costs for trains and buses to this summer’s World Cup games in the Meadowlands. NJ Transit is charging $150 for round-trip train tickets and $80 for shuttle bus…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1038+ words) Published Apr 15, 2026 The owners of a recently shuttered Jersey City hospital are attempting a regulatory do-over that the state health department is blocking — and a monthslong drama over the hospital is set to spill over at a public meeting Wednesday…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (991+ words) Published Apr 15, 2026 at 10:01 a.m. ET New York and New Jersey are entering peak wildfire season — a particular concern around the forests of the Garden State, where things are windy, dry and more exposed than state forest fire officials would like. They…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (833+ words) Published Apr 3, 2026 It's been four years since New Jersey found out it would be hosting the 2026 World Cup — but with only two months until the first game, lawmakers in Trenton are trying to push a 45% spike in local sales taxes....