NJBallot NJBallot

Government & Accountability

NJ Attorney General Expands Housing Discrimination Enforcement With 25 New Actions

NJ Attorney General Expands Housing Discrimination Enforcement With 25 New Actions

Davenport bundles Fair Chance Act violations, source-of-income findings, and mortgage redlining continuation in first major housing enforcement announcement since February...

Continue Reading
DOJ Sues New Jersey Over ICE Mask Ban as State Leaves Law Unenforced

DOJ Sues New Jersey Over ICE Mask Ban as State Leaves Law Unenforced

NEWARK, N.J. — The Department of Justice sued New Jersey on April 29 over a law that bans masked policing...

Continue Reading
GDC Awards $1.29B Gateway Tunnel Contract, 48 Days After Funding Freeze Warning

GDC Awards $1.29B Gateway Tunnel Contract, 48 Days After Funding Freeze Warning

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — On March 10, the Gateway Development Commission warned that Hudson River Tunnel contract awards were on hold....

Continue Reading
NJ Schools in Free Fall: Layoffs, Closures, Tax Hikes Hit 10+ Districts

NJ Schools in Free Fall: Layoffs, Closures, Tax Hikes Hit 10+ Districts

TRENTON, N.J. — One hundred and sixty-two Lakewood paraprofessionals received layoff notices this spring as the district staggered under $143...

Continue Reading
NJ DEP Flood Rule Survives Sherrill Housing Push, Builders Squeeze

NJ DEP Flood Rule Survives Sherrill Housing Push, Builders Squeeze

TRENTON — New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection adopted a 1,000-page flood-resilience rule on January 20, three days before Governor...

Continue Reading
The Invisible Representative: Kean's 52-Day Absence Tests NJ-7 Governance

The Invisible Representative: Kean's 52-Day Absence Tests NJ-7 Governance

A competitive district's congressman has missed 54 votes with no disclosed condition, no family statement, and no party coordination, during...

Continue Reading
Keyport Cancer Cluster: 41 Cases, $900K in Unpaid Fines, and a 40-Year Enforcement Gap

Keyport Cancer Cluster: 41 Cases, $900K in Unpaid Fines, and a 40-Year Enforcement Gap

KEYPORT—New Jersey environmental regulators have known about contamination at a former Keyport aircraft factory since 1986, issued their first monetary...

Continue Reading
Thousands of New Jerseyans Drop ACA Coverage as Federal Subsidies Expire

Thousands of New Jerseyans Drop ACA Coverage as Federal Subsidies Expire

TRENTON—The Department of Banking and Insurance said on April 21 that enrollment in Get Covered NJ had fallen by 68,830...

Continue Reading
Jersey City Hospital Operator Blocks State Hearing, Claims Relocation

Jersey City Hospital Operator Blocks State Hearing, Claims Relocation

JERSEY CITY—Hudson Regional Health has spent five weeks since the March 14 emergency room shutdown at Heights University Hospital trying...

Continue Reading
NJ Homelessness Hits Highest Level Since 2014 as Medicaid, SNAP Cuts Deepen

NJ Homelessness Hits Highest Level Since 2014 as Medicaid, SNAP Cuts Deepen

The 2025 count found 13,748 people homeless in New Jersey. With Medicaid, SNAP and HUD funding all facing cuts, counties...

Continue Reading