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NJBallot New Jersey Creates School Civil Rights Unit to Replace Federal Enforcement

The state announced a new Division on Civil Rights section but disclosed no budget, no start date and no additional staff.The fed...

Jul 26, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Statement of Attorney General Davenport Announcing Major Victory Blocking Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

The post Statement of Attorney General Davenport Announcing Major Victory Blocking Pa...

Jul 24, 11:58 AM · Statewide, New Jersey NJ 101.5 (Radio) More Humid, Partly Sunny, Spot T-Storms

Here is a quick look at today's New Jersey 101.5 Instant Weather forecast. Continue r...

Jul 27, 2:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJ.com / NJ Advance Media - All News Severe thunderstorms, flash flooding in N.J. forecast Monday and Tuesday. Latest updates.

While southern New Jersey could see more severe thunderstorms on Tuesday, northern an...

Jul 26, 7:01 PM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot How Did Pine Beach Go 13 Months Without a Police Chief?

The prosecutor said six months without a chief. The borough's own records show 13.Chi...

Jul 26, 12:00 AM · Pine Beach, Ocean Opens original source ↗ NJ Spotlight News NJ Spotlight News: July 24, 2026

We bring you a special NJ Spotlight News edition of Reporters Roundtable. We’ll tal...

Jul 24, 6:30 PM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts State Grand Jury Declines to File Criminal Charges in Connection with October 2025 Fatal Crash Involving Atlantic Highlands Police Officer

A state grand jury has voted not to file criminal charges at the conclusion of its de...

Jul 24, 11:00 AM · Middletown, Monmouth Insider NJ Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 7/24/2026

Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing (by pete@insidernj.com): QUOTE...

Jul 24, 12:01 AM Opens original source ↗ Montclair Local Montclair’s New Township Attorney a Veteran of Newark City Law Department

Montclair will have a full-time township attorney for the first time in nearly five y...

Jul 23, 4:46 PM · Montclair, Essex Opens original source ↗ NJ 101.5 (Radio) Hey NJ, do you throw these out or reuse them?

Multiple coworkers have given me playful jabs about reusing it. I was shocked to find...

Jul 26, 10:47 PM Opens original source ↗ NJ.com / NJ Advance Media - All News Racing against the pros, N.J. HS distance runner takes ninth overall in U.S. national final

This 16-year-old N.J. HS track phenom just raced the pros at a national championship...

Jul 26, 6:05 PM Opens original source ↗ NJ Spotlight News More NJ workers eligible for family leave job protections

Businesses had opposed the rule change, saying opening benefit to 400,000 additional...

Jul 24, 12:12 AM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Former Treasurer Charged with Stealing Funds from Charity for Disabled Adults

Newark, N.J. – Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced today that...

Jul 24, 9:41 AM · Newark, Essex Insider NJ InsiderNJ Interview with Senator Greenstein: Dems Must be True to Labor Unions

EAST WINDSOR – In a booth in a diner on the side of a Central Jersey highway, state...

Jul 22, 4:33 PM · East Windsor, Mercer Opens original source ↗ NJ 101.5 (Radio) We need to remember how lucky we are in NJ to have this

I used to think it was a cliché when people said other states are just clueless when...

Jul 26, 9:49 PM Opens original source ↗ NJ.com / NJ Advance Media - All News Man killed, 3 others injured in N.J. boat crash

The crash of a 32-foot Boston Whaler happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday night.

Jul 26, 4:56 PM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Attorney General Davenport and Division on Civil Rights Announce New Section to Safeguard Civil Rights of Students

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced...

Jul 23, 1:26 PM · Statewide, New Jersey Insider NJ A 10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap Could Hurt the Communities It Seeks to Help

BY ELEASE EVANS For more than four decades, the New Jersey Black Issues Convention (N...

Jul 22, 3:35 PM Opens original source ↗ NJ 101.5 (Radio) One NJ activity you absolutely need to do this summer

For a state as built up and congested as New Jersey is, you're in an untouched paradi...

Jul 26, 4:28 PM Opens original source ↗ NJ.com / NJ Advance Media - All News New Monmouth County bar and grill to have photo-worthy drinks

Elevated comfort food will include Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, fish and chips,...

Jul 26, 4:00 PM · Monmouth Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts AG Davenport Challenges Illegal Conditions on Federal Counterterrorism Funding

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 26 states to stop the Trump...

Jul 23, 12:17 PM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts Newark Man Convicted of 2025 Murder

Newark, N.J.- Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced today that a...

Jul 22, 11:01 AM · Newark, Essex Jersey Alerts AG Davenport: 2025 State Recoveries Reach $193 Million

Civil enforcement efforts recouped $193 million for the State of New Jersey in 2025,...

Jul 22, 9:31 AM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts AG Davenport Sues Trump Administration Over Rule Weakening Regulation of Highly Potent Greenhouse Gas Linked to Climate Change

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in fil...

Jul 21, 4:03 PM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts Attorney General Davenport Announces Racketeering, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping and other Charges Against Two People

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announ...

Jul 21, 10:04 AM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts AG Davenport, New Jersey Racing Commission Announce Results from the Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the New Jersey Racing Commission today announ...

Jul 20, 4:03 PM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts AG Davenport Secures Critical Win in Lawsuit to Block Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced that the U.S. District Court for the No...

Jul 20, 2:59 PM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts World Cup Anti-Human Trafficking Operations Across New Jersey Result in the Rescue of Nearly 100 Suspected Trafficking Victims and Over 70 Arrests

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the...

Jul 20, 1:02 PM · Statewide, New Jersey Jersey Alerts Newark Man Pleads Guilty to Narcotics and Gun Possession Charges

                        Newark, N.J.-Prosecutor Theodore N. St...

Jul 20, 10:47 AM · Newark, Essex