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Mayor Solomon Criticizes ICE Detention in Downtown Jersey City; Details Remain Limited

Mayor Solomon Criticizes ICE Detention in Downtown Jersey City; Details Remain Limited

JERSEY CITY—Federal immigration agents detained an individual in downtown Jersey City on April 10, according to city officials. The arrest...

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The $250 Million Affordability Tax: How Sherrill's Data Center Incentives Collide with Her Energy Agenda

The $250 Million Affordability Tax: How Sherrill's Data Center Incentives Collide with Her Energy Agenda

TRENTON—Last summer, PSE&G bills arrived with a stinger: rates up 20 percent, tracing back to a capacity auction that saw...

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Some NJ Districts Face Major Aid Losses Under Record School Budget

Some NJ Districts Face Major Aid Losses Under Record School Budget

TRENTON —Milford Borough has one building and 80 students. Next year it will lose 61,584 in state aid. That is...

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New Jersey's Fiscal Fault Lines: Six Cities, Six Models of Distress, and the State's Uneven Hand

New Jersey's Fiscal Fault Lines: Six Cities, Six Models of Distress, and the State's Uneven Hand

TRENTON—New Jersey's most financially fragile cities are not failing for the same reasons, nor is the state rescuing them with...

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The Handover: Paterson Schools After Five Years of Local Control

The Handover: Paterson Schools After Five Years of Local Control

Five years after Trenton let go, Paterson's board faces a $71 million reckoningPATERSON—The vote to close School 3 happened at...

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Sherrill Signs Limits on ICE Cooperation as Federal Lawsuit Challenges State Order

Sherrill Signs Limits on ICE Cooperation as Federal Lawsuit Challenges State Order

PRINCETON—Governor Mikie Sherrill signed a bill last month that limits how state and local cops can work with ICE. The...

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Sherrill to Occupy Drumthwacket, First Governor There Full-Time Since 2004

Sherrill to Occupy Drumthwacket, First Governor There Full-Time Since 2004

PRINCETON—Governor Mikie Sherrill and First Gentleman Jason Hedberg will relocate to Drumthwacket this summer, finally occupying a mansion that has...

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The Capital-Labor Tradeoff: How Newark's Bond Covenants Fired 30 Teachers

The Capital-Labor Tradeoff: How Newark's Bond Covenants Fired 30 Teachers

NEWARK—On March 28, Newark Public Schools approved a $1.677 billion budget that includes a $3.5 million capital reserve for a...

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NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver Files Appeal in ICE Case, Citing Constitutional Immunity

NJ Rep. LaMonica McIver Files Appeal in ICE Case, Citing Constitutional Immunity

PHILADELPHIA—U.S. Congresswoman LaMonica McIver filed her opening appellate brief in the Third Circuit Court on March 30. The Newark Democrat...

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Federal Branches Collide Over New Jersey: Supreme Court Strips Transit Immunity as DOJ Sues Over Sanctuary Laws

Federal Branches Collide Over New Jersey: Supreme Court Strips Transit Immunity as DOJ Sues Over Sanctuary Laws

TRENTON—In the last two months, federal judges have dismantled NJ Transit's legal shields while the White House attacked the state's...

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