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Former Trenton Water Works Collector Sentenced to Three Years for Falsified Tests

Former Trenton Water Works Collector Sentenced to Three Years for Falsified Tests

New Jersey voided 1,660 Trenton Water Works sampling events after collector Cesar Lugo faked his rounds. The city faces a...

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New Jersey Robotaxi Bill: Waymo In, Tesla Out — Drivers Demand a Say

New Jersey Robotaxi Bill: Waymo In, Tesla Out — Drivers Demand a Say

A three-year pilot would put driverless cabs on New Jersey roads but bar camera-only Teslas. Rideshare drivers rallied at the...

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New Jersey Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Prediction-Market Sports Bets

New Jersey Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Prediction-Market Sports Bets

New Jersey's petition asks the justices to decide whether prediction-market platforms must follow state gambling law or answer only to...

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Wonder Files WARN for 533 New Jersey Workers; Corporate Layoffs Began One Day After Notice

Wonder Files WARN for 533 New Jersey Workers; Corporate Layoffs Began One Day After Notice

According to the Parsippany Daily, the September 15 filing set corporate-office separations for the next morning against a 90-day state...

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Bergen County Opens Investigation Into Flooded Paramus Half Marathon

Bergen County Opens Investigation Into Flooded Paramus Half Marathon

About 250 runners ran through knee- and waist-deep water in Paramus on Sunday as flash-flood warnings widened. Bergen County says...

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New Jersey Property Tax Relief Payments Are Out; Here's What Changed This Year

New Jersey Property Tax Relief Payments Are Out; Here's What Changed This Year

ANCHOR payments started Sept. 15, most within 90 days of filing. The June budget changed Stay NJ's income tiers, ended...

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What NJ Transit Riders Face When Portal Bridge Cuts Return This Fall

What NJ Transit Riders Face When Portal Bridge Cuts Return This Fall

Five weeks of single-track rail work starting October 9 will see service cuts near 62 percent. The window opens on...

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New Jersey Flooding: Fifth Storm Since July Raises Stakes in Flood Money, Rules

New Jersey Flooding: Fifth Storm Since July Raises Stakes in Flood Money, Rules

Sunday's rain flooded Paterson, Wayne and Paramus, closed highways across Bergen County and cut power and transit in Camden. It...

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New Jersey Affordable Housing Tracking Recommendations Due September 24

New Jersey Affordable Housing Tracking Recommendations Due September 24

The Sherrill administration's recommendations are due September 24. The state's only public count of Mount Laurel affordable units dates to...

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Hunterdon County Dedicates Its First Permanent 9/11 Memorial at Hilltop Reserve

Hunterdon County Dedicates Its First Permanent 9/11 Memorial at Hilltop Reserve

The 25th anniversary ceremony at Hilltop Reserve in Raritan Township ends years of borrowed venues, on a farm hill where...

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