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Jersey Alerts Attorney General’s Office Investigating Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in Middle Township, N.J. Attorney General’s Office Investigating Fatal Police-Involved Shooting in Middle Township, N.J.

The Attorney General’s Office is investigating a fatal police-involved shooting that occurred on Friday, September 25, 2026, in...

Sep 25, 3:20 PM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot Stockton Releases 27 Rehabilitated Terrapins Into Reed's Bay at Restored Galloway Park Stockton Releases 27 Rehabilitated Terrapins Into Reed's Bay at Restored Galloway Park

Twenty-seven healed terrapins went back into Reed's Bay behind Veterans Memorial Park...

Sep 25, 12:00 AM · Galloway, Atlantic Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Former Controller Sentenced for Stealing MoreThan $200,000 from Newark Company Former Controller Sentenced for Stealing MoreThan $200,000 from Newark Company

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

Sep 25, 2:53 PM · Newark, Essex NJBallot Fall Foliage Map Is Out in NJ as Drought Warning Hits Month Ten Fall Foliage Map Is Out in NJ as Drought Warning Hits Month Ten

The state's fall foliage forecast went out this week, into a New Jersey where the dro...

Sep 24, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Attorney General Davenport Urges Congress to Protect Americans From Uncontrolled Artificial Intelligence Models Attorney General Davenport Urges Congress to Protect Americans From Uncontrolled Artificial Intelligence Models

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport co-led a coalition of 26 attorneys general urging...

Sep 25, 1:53 PM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot Vineland Data Center Fined $1.07 Million; Secaucus Mayor Wants Pause on Data Centers Vineland Data Center Fined $1.07 Million; Secaucus Mayor Wants Pause on Data Centers

New Jersey fined a Vineland data center a record $1.07 million for 62 unpermitted bac...

Sep 23, 12:00 AM · Hackensack, Bergen Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts AG Davenport, Division of Consumer Affairs Issue Public Alert: Three Types of Synthetic Kratom To Be Listed as Controlled Dangerous Substances in New Jersey AG Davenport, Division of Consumer Affairs Issue Public Alert: Three Types of Synthetic Kratom To Be Listed as Controlled Dangerous Substances in New Jersey

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Consumer Affairs are alerting...

Sep 25, 11:48 AM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot What New Jersey Law Says About the Credit Card Surcharge on Your Receipt What New Jersey Law Says About the Credit Card Surcharge on Your Receipt

New Jersey's 2023 law caps credit card fees at sellers' actual costs and requires not...

Sep 22, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts MAYOR BARAKA LAUNCHES LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT BROKERS FEES CHARGED TO TENANTS MAYOR BARAKA LAUNCHES LEGISLATION TO PROHIBIT BROKERS FEES CHARGED TO TENANTS

Another 'Keeping Newark Affordable' tool becomes law

Sep 24, 3:31 PM · Newark, Essex NJBallot Toms River Faces New Sanctions Bid After Township Devices Go Missing in Shul Suit Toms River Faces New Sanctions Bid After Township Devices Go Missing in Shul Suit

Twenty of the 49 township devices tied to a five-year RLUIPA case cannot be found, th...

Sep 21, 12:00 AM · Toms River, Ocean Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts New Jersey Joins Multistate LabCorp Settlement Over 2019 Data Breach Impacting More Than 400,000 New Jerseyans New Jersey Joins Multistate LabCorp Settlement Over 2019 Data Breach Impacting More Than 400,000 New Jerseyans

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced th...

Sep 24, 10:54 AM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot 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 Lug...

Sep 20, 12:00 AM · Trenton, Mercer Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts New Jersey Department of Health Celebrates Newborn Screening Awareness Month, Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month and Continues to Lead Robust Newborn Screening Efforts Sta New Jersey Department of Health Celebrates Newborn Screening Awareness Month, Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month and Continues to Lead Robust Newborn Screening Efforts Sta

Department of Health | News | New Jersey Department of Health Celebrates Newborn Scre...

Sep 23, 12:00 AM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot 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...

Sep 19, 12:00 AM · Union, Union Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Attorney General Davenport Urges Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices Attorney General Davenport Urges Consumers to Claim Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is urging consumers to check their eligibility fo...

Sep 22, 12:18 PM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot 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...

Sep 18, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Attorney General Davenport Announces Settlement in Warner Bros./Paramount Litigation Attorney General Davenport Announces Settlement in Warner Bros./Paramount Litigation

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in sec...

Sep 21, 1:27 PM · Statewide, New Jersey NJBallot 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 separ...

Sep 17, 12:00 AM · Parsippany, Morris Opens original source ↗ Jersey Alerts Essex County Financial Advisor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Stealing $300,000 from Elderly Client Essex County Financial Advisor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Stealing $300,000 from Elderly Client

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

Sep 21, 11:45 AM · Statewide, Essex NJBallot 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 flas...

Sep 16, 12:00 AM · Paramus, Bergen Opens original source ↗ NJBallot 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 chan...

Sep 15, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot 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...

Sep 14, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot 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 Coun...

Sep 13, 12:00 AM · Paterson, Passaic Opens original source ↗ NJBallot 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...

Sep 13, 12:00 AM · Mount Laurel, Burlington Opens original source ↗ NJBallot New Jersey's Legionnaires Water Plan Deadline Hits Saturday. There's No Public Registry Yet. New Jersey's Legionnaires Water Plan Deadline Hits Saturday. There's No Public Registry Yet.

Every covered building in New Jersey must have a written Legionella control plan by S...

Sep 11, 12:00 AM Opens original source ↗ NJBallot 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 bo...

Sep 10, 12:00 AM · Raritan Township, Hunterdon Opens original source ↗ NJBallot Jersey City and Elizabeth Open School Under New Jersey's Phone-Storage Law Jersey City and Elizabeth Open School Under New Jersey's Phone-Storage Law

More than 50,000 students in Jersey City and Elizabeth return Thursday as the last bi...

Sep 9, 12:00 AM · Jersey City, Hudson Opens original source ↗ 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 ↗ 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 ↗ 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 ↗ 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 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 ↗

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