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Jersey Alerts AG Davenport: FCC Must Strengthen Due Diligence Rules in Effort to Combat Illegal Robocalls AG Davenport: FCC Must Strengthen Due Diligence Rules in Effort to Combat Illegal Robocalls

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 49 attorneys general in calling on the Federal Communications Commissio...

Sep 9, 12:06 PM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot N.J. Federal Judges Dismiss Trump Administration, Baraka ICE Suits N.J. Federal Judges Dismiss Trump Administration, Baraka ICE Suits

Judge Georgette Castner ends the Justice Department's challenge to Executive Order 12...

Sep 8, 12:00 AM · Newark, Essex Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Newark Landlord Admits to Paying Bribes for Permits, Selling Fake DHS IDs Newark Landlord Admits to Paying Bribes for Permits, Selling Fake DHS IDs

Menashe Davidovitz, 31, pleaded guilty to federal charges involving $13,000 in permit...

Sep 6, 12:00 AM · Newark, Essex Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Essex County Woman Admits Health Care Claims Fraud and Unlicensed Practice of Medicine Essex County Woman Admits Health Care Claims Fraud and Unlicensed Practice of Medicine

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor...

Sep 4, 11:40 AM · Statewide, Essex NJBallot NJ Transit's $94 Million Lackawanna Cutoff Still Hasn't Reached Andover After 25 Years NJ Transit's $94 Million Lackawanna Cutoff Still Hasn't Reached Andover After 25 Years

Over seven miles of railroad, a quarter-century in the making, now estimated at $94 m...

Sep 5, 12:00 AM · Andover, Sussex Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts CITY OF NEWARK REMINDS RESIDENTS THAT CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 CITY OF NEWARK REMINDS RESIDENTS THAT CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

Police, fire, and other uniformed emergency services will be unaffected; ** Trash and...

Sep 3, 5:14 PM · Newark, Essex NJBallot N.J. AG Abolishes Embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability N.J. AG Abolishes Embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport dissolves the standalone anti-corruption unit cre...

Sep 4, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts AG: Former Fire Chief, Police Officer in Ocean County Indicted on Additional Charges After Allegedly Subjecting Subordinates to Non-Consensual Sex Acts AG: Former Fire Chief, Police Officer in Ocean County Indicted on Additional Charges After Allegedly Subjecting Subordinates to Non-Consensual Sex Acts

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Office of Public Integrity and Accountabi...

Sep 3, 10:13 AM · Statewide, Ocean NJBallot N.J. Schools Open With Closures and Cuts as Health Benefits Commission Deadlocks Again N.J. Schools Open With Closures and Cuts as Health Benefits Commission Deadlocks Again

State aid hit a record $12.4 billion, but districts still closed schools, cut jobs an...

Sep 3, 12:00 AM · West Milford, Passaic Opens original source ↗ NJBallot One Hiker Rescued, One Found Dead After Days-Long Search at Pyramid Mountain in Montville One Hiker Rescued, One Found Dead After Days-Long Search at Pyramid Mountain in Montville

Virginia Taetzch, 87, was found dead and John Higgins, 77, rescued alive after a 46-h...

Sep 2, 12:00 AM · Montville, Morris Opens original source ↗ NJBallot NTSB Investigates Newark Airport Shuttle Bus Crash That Injured 13 Workers NTSB Investigates Newark Airport Shuttle Bus Crash That Injured 13 Workers

Federal safety regulators are examining a ground-vehicle collision at Newark Liberty...

Sep 1, 12:00 AM · Newark, Essex Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Toms River Council Tables $9M Paving Bond over Missing Project List Toms River Council Tables $9M Paving Bond over Missing Project List

The 4-3 vote halts $8.55 million in borrowing authority as council members demand str...

Aug 31, 12:00 AM · Toms River, Ocean Opens original source ↗ NJBallot 'Skin in the Game': How State Aid Helped Lock Jersey City Into a 15.15% Tax Hike 'Skin in the Game': How State Aid Helped Lock Jersey City Into a 15.15% Tax Hike

Jersey City homeowners are staring down a 15.15% municipal tax hike. The council appr...

Aug 30, 12:38 AM · Jersey City, Hudson Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Newark Airport Gets $30M Radar as Controller Staffing Deal Expires Newark Airport Gets $30M Radar as Controller Staffing Deal Expires

The FAA touted new surface movement technology on Aug. 11, a month after a mandatory...

Aug 18, 12:00 AM · Newark, Essex Opens original source ↗ NJBallot First Union Suit Under NJ Up-the-Chain Law Targets $2M Jersey City Wage Theft First Union Suit Under NJ Up-the-Chain Law Targets $2M Jersey City Wage Theft

The law permits labor organizations to recover wages for members and nonmembers alike...

Aug 14, 12:00 AM · Jersey City, Hudson Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Trenton Weekend Curfew on East State Street Faces Court Challenge Trenton Weekend Curfew on East State Street Faces Court Challenge

The executive order began August 6 with no announced end date. A cannabis activist al...

Aug 10, 12:00 AM · Trenton, Mercer Opens original source ↗ NJBallot NJ Secures $2.5B PFAS Settlement, Largest Single-State Environmental Deal NJ Secures $2.5B PFAS Settlement, Largest Single-State Environmental Deal

The 25-year payment schedule will fund cleanup at four industrial sites in Passaic, M...

Aug 9, 12:00 AM · Middlesex, Middlesex Opens original source ↗ NJBallot New Jersey "Skip the Stuff" Law Bans Automatic Plastic Utensils in Takeout Orders New Jersey "Skip the Stuff" Law Bans Automatic Plastic Utensils in Takeout Orders

The state's latest plastic reduction law took effect August 1, with phased restrictio...

Aug 7, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Bergen County Clerk's Settlement Ends Six-Year County Line Ballot Fight Bergen County Clerk's Settlement Ends Six-Year County Line Ballot Fight

Bergen County Clerk John Hogan agreed to pay $29,279 in legal fees, closing litigatio...

Aug 6, 12:00 AM · Bergen Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Sandoz to Pay $400 Million in Generic Drug Price-Fixing Settlement Sandoz to Pay $400 Million in Generic Drug Price-Fixing Settlement

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced the deal Tuesday, but New Jersey was no...

Aug 5, 12:00 AM · Deal, Monmouth Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Third Circuit Freezes Its Own NJ Gun Ruling as Supreme Court Fight Looms Third Circuit Freezes Its Own NJ Gun Ruling as Supreme Court Fight Looms

New Jersey's assault-firearm restrictions and 10-round magazine limit remain enforcea...

Aug 4, 5:16 PM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot NJ Supreme Court Scraps Automatic Oral Argument on Reconsideration NJ Supreme Court Scraps Automatic Oral Argument on Reconsideration

The September 1 rule change makes oral argument discretionary on reconsideration moti...

Aug 1, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot After a Century in Branchville, Selective Insurance Is Moving East to a Rented Headquarters After a Century in Branchville, Selective Insurance Is Moving East to a Rented Headquarters

The insurer founded in a Sussex County general store will move its executive leadersh...

Jul 31, 12:00 AM · Branchville, Sussex Opens original source ↗ NJBallot N.J. Utilities to Issue $25 Bill Credit in August, Seven Months After Emergency Order N.J. Utilities to Issue $25 Bill Credit in August, Seven Months After Emergency Order

The one-time payment hits in August. It does not lower the underlying rate.Every resi...

Jul 29, 12:00 AM · Trenton, Mercer Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Why Did a Chunk of Route 18 Just Vanish in East Brunswick? Why Did a Chunk of Route 18 Just Vanish in East Brunswick?

EAST BRUNSWICK — The sinkhole was small, as these things go. Police coned it off on...

Jul 28, 12:00 AM · East Brunswick, Middlesex Opens original source ↗ NJBallot How Did Pine Beach Go 13 Months Without a Police Chief? 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 ↗ NJBallot New Jersey Creates School Civil Rights Unit to Replace Federal Enforcement 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, n...

Jul 26, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot NJEDA Pauses New Applications for $4.6B Aspire Tax Credit Program NJEDA Pauses New Applications for $4.6B Aspire Tax Credit Program

The authority's CEO says as much as half of each award pays consultants and fees, not...

Jul 25, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗

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