1+ week, 1+ day ago   (249+ words) New Jersey remains one of the most heavily unionized states in the nation heading into Labor Day 2026. A new report by the Labor Education Action Research Network (LEARN) at Rutgers University finds that union membership is holding steady in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (231+ words) PFAS litigation accounted for the state’s highest outside counsel payout in 2025. In a year where the Garden State brought in nearly $200 million through civil enforcement actions, New Jersey also spent more than $53 million on outside legal counsel—a roughly $7 million…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (849+ words) New Jersey Education Commissioner Lily Laux's to-do list is daunting — as districts' budgets flail under a torrent of rising costs, and students — especially in urban districts — lag behind in early reading and college readiness, all while the Trump administration dismantles…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (688+ words) Rosa Dee was standing in front of the Five Corners Branch of the Jersey City Free Public Library on a Friday morning, waiting for it to open. That's when a NorthJersey.com reporter broke the news to her that the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1214+ words) Here is New Jersey’s Not-So-Good, Bad, and the Ugly list: No issue generates more bipartisan frustration in New Jersey than property taxes. According to the Tax Foundation, New Jersey has consistently maintained the nation’s highest effective property tax rate, with…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (197+ words) The state’s recently-passed “Fair Price Protection Act” targets “discriminatory surveillance pricing”; something the FTC is investigating and that New York is also looking at. The law puts a one-year halt on new electronic shelf labels while NJ investigates “the effects…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (526+ words) New Jersey has joined a small but growing list of states seeking to crack down on a troubling practice that can drive rents higher. Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed a new law intended to stop landlords from using rent-setting algorithms to…...

2+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (454+ words) Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed legislation that will kick-start the construction of nuclear energy generation facilities in New Jersey. At a Monday, July 13, press event, Sherrill said the new law will create a competitive process to build nuclear energy projects…...

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, 6+ day ago   (553+ words) Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, campaigned on freezing electricity rates in New Jersey. Six months into her term, can her campaign promises bring relief to the high cost of power in the Garden State? MIKE HAYES, BYLINE: Ten years ago,…...