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6 days ago · LEER TODOS. Trump in second administration promises mass deportations, tariffs and spending cuts. BY Ashley Murray and Jacob Fischler - November 6, 2024. VP Harris concedes presidential race in phone call to Donald Trump. BY Ariana Figueroa - November 6, 2024. New Jersey voters elect Nellie Pou to late Rep. Bill Pascrell’s House seat.
As pedestrian deaths rise, cries grow to 'target zero' traffic ...
1 day ago · Eleven-year-old Nikhil Badlani was just two miles from home when a driver blew through a stop sign and smashed into his dad’s van at a South Orange intersection, causing a three-car wreck that cost the middle-schooler his life. Since the 2011 crash, Badlani’s family has been on a crusade to make ...
Manufacturing already has made a comeback • New Jersey Monitor
1 day ago · Manufacturing already has made a comeback. After the pandemic, small cities led the first full recession recovery for factory jobs since the ’70s. Employees work at a Rivian electric vehicle factory in Normal, Ill., in 2021. A historic recovery in manufacturing jobs between 2019 and 2023 was concentrated in small urban areas such as McLean ...
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6 days ago · BY: Ashley Murray - November 7, 2024. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday reassured the nation that democracy won despite his party’s resounding election losses, and promised his accomplishments will live on, in brief remarks from the White House. “I know for some people, it’s a time for victory, to state the obvious.
Four New Jersey House Democrats easily win reelection
Nov 6, 2024 · A group of Democratic House incumbents easily won reelection Tuesday. Democratic Reps. Frank Pallone, Rob Menendez, LaMonica McIver, and Bonnie Watson Coleman all defeated their Republican opponents handily, the Associated Press projects. All represent largely Democratic districts and they were not expected to lose.
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Oct 21, 2024 · Once a leader in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights, New Jersey has lost its punch. BY: Special to the New Jersey Monitor - October 21, 2024. When it comes to protecting health care for the transgender community, New Jersey should be more like Minnesota — …
Gun coalition targets New Jersey’s one-gun-a-month law in new …
Sep 27, 2024 · Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022 declared a constitutional right to carry, gun-rights advocates have targeted New Jersey’s famously tough gun laws, challenging one after the other in court, from its assault weapon ban to a prohibition on guns in sensitive places to a law that allows the state to sue gun makers as a public nuisance.. Thursday, they sued again, taking aim this time at a ...
Feds give OK to two wind farms off New Jersey’s coast
Jul 2, 2024 · Federal authorities approved the construction of up to 195 wind turbines off of New Jersey’s coast Tuesday in a victory for Gov. Phil Murphy’s wind energy agenda. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a record of decision approving two offshore wind farms to be constructed by Atlantic Shores roughly 10 miles offshore from Atlantic City.
New Jersey minimum wage will rise to $15.49 on Jan. 1
Oct 8, 2024 · New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise to $15.49 for most workers at the start of the new year, state labor officials announced Tuesday. The 36-cent increase is the first annual inflation adjustment to the state’s wage floor following a six-year phase-in that was meant to bring the minimum wage to $15, though high inflation in 2023 spurred an indexing adjustment that brought minimum hourly ...
Moody's boosts N.J.'s credit outlook, citing pension payments and ...
Aug 15, 2024 · In awarding the improved outlook, Moody’s cited economic growth in New Jersey that had outpaced that of other mid-Atlantic states. The ratings agency noted that, while the state budget approved in late June includes a $2.4 billion structural deficit that is expected to bring New Jersey’s surplus down to roughly $6.2 billion, the state’s ...