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NJ Spotlight Daily News
April 18, 2019
- With Kean’s Declaration, NJ’s 2020 Congressional Races Are Off and Running
- GOP already out gunning for state’s four freshman Democrats who flipped their districts from red to blue, characterizing them as ‘socialists’
- How New Jersey Can Build a ‘Culture of Health’ and Fill in Notable Gaps in Care
- New report presents a roadmap to help policymakers create more effective and equitable healthcare programs in Garden State
- Winning Rutgers Faculty Union Vows to Aid Part-Timers in Contract Battle
- After agreeing a ‘historic’ contract, officials with the union representing thousands of full-time faculty and graduate employees say they will work for colleagues still at the bargaining table
- NJ Transit Says Atlantic City Line, Princeton Dinky Back Next Month
- Agency announces new schedule for Atlantic City commuters and tourists, but offers no news for Raritan Valley Line, sidetracked for six months
- NJ Joins Other States to Block Trump Attack on Clean Water Act
- Administration wants to roll back protection of tributaries, wetlands, and the like that shield downstream waters against pollution
- Op-Ed: NJ Opposition to Changing Campus-Assault Rules Is Misguided
- State officials opposed to Trump administration’s proposed Title IX rule changes for how schools should handle assault and harassment complaints must not overlook due process
- Former Gov. Christie Delivers Soundbite with Teeth About Gov. Murphy
- No more Mr. Nice Guy, warns Christie, ‘it’s contrary to my personality’
- Booker and Harris Miss Most Votes of Senators Running in 2020
- Candidates often miss votes while out campaigning; the senators from New Jersey and California have missed 16 of 77 votes this year
- Immigrant Detainee in Essex County Jail Says He Was X-Rayed for Contraband
- After being strip-searched, Yuri McKoy was taken to University Hospital in Newark where, he said, an X-ray showed nothing
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April 17, 2019
- The Message Is a Big Part of the Mission for State Veterans Programs
- New Jersey is home to some 340,000 men and women who have served their country in the military
- Rutgers Reaches Tentative Deal with Faculty Union, Part-Timers Still Negotiate
- Although union members must approve agreement, a strike appears to have been averted. But no resolution yet for their part-time colleagues
- Critics Slam PSEG’s Notice of Nuclear Shutdown on Eve of Subsidy Decision
- Foes say it’s an effort to intimidate Board of Public Utilities as it decides whether big subsidies are merited for three nuclear units in South Jersey
- State Launches Review of Human Services Payment Reform
- New Jersey has improved the way it reimburses community-based organizations that help people with behavioral-health and other issues. Advocates say there is still huge unmet need for services
- Op-Ed: NJ Residents Deserve Affordable Access to Their Prescriptions
- Out-of-pocket costs for critical drugs can often swing wildly, leaving patients and their caregivers with few good options
- Additional Long-Term Facilities Needed for NJ’s Sickest Kids?
- State attempts to elicit industry interest in creating more capacity have gone largely unanswered
- Sweeney Introduces ‘Path to Progress’ Plan to Business Community
- A series of government-reform ideas includes pension overhaul, reduced healthcare costs and school consolidations
April 16, 2019
- Newark NIMBY on State Plan to Build Juvenile Justice Facility in Brick City
- Social justice advocates argue money earmarked for incarceration would be better spent on rehabilitation
- As Decision on Nuclear Subsidies Nears, Where Is Consultant’s Report?
- Consumer, environmental, and industry groups want to know why an independent report commissioned by the BPU has yet to be seen by the public
- Pascrell Confident in Dems’ Strategy to Obtain Trump Tax Returns
- Congressman says it’s important for Congress to know whether president has any conflicts of interest and is ‘paying his fair share’
- Murphy, Sweeney in Accord, More Money Should Go to Expanded Pre-K
- Governor’s proposal would add another $68 million to the current allocation of $738 million all told
- Op-Ed: Community Schools Could Become Hubs for Delivering Resources
- Schools could be made a focal point for getting critical resources, including social services, to students and their families
- Another Rough Summer Likely for NJ Transit Commuters
- Commuters wonder if there will be a repeat of last year’s ‘Summer of Hell,’ when trains were crowded, late, and often canceled
- Should Child-Abuse Caseworkers Be Considered First Responders?
- More than 3,000 workers and supervisors often fulfill same role and experience similar stress as police and firefighters, commissioner says
April 15, 2019
- Task Force Finds Potential Crimes in NJ’s Tax-Incentive Programs
- Panel set up to examine the state’s controversial economic-development tax breaks announces evidence of ‘potential criminal violations’ but gives no details
- Lawmakers Want to Boost Health Insurance Coverage Among NJ Kids
- Enrollments of children in FamilyCare declined last year and new report shows big disparities in insurance coverage based on race, wealth, geography and immigration status
- Explainer: How the SDA Was Built — and Became Scandal-Ridden
- New Jersey’s Schools Development Authority is mired in controversy over its CEO’s hirings and firings. But the SDA has a history of troubling activities
- The List: NJ Schools that ‘Underachieve’ in Serving Free Breakfast to Students
- The top 10 high-poverty schools in New Jersey that serve breakfast to fewer than 20 percent of eligible schoolgoers
- Op-Ed: NJ Should Seize Opportunity to Step Away from Graduation Tests
- A recent court ruling gives the state a chance to move toward ‘better forms of assessment, quality and fairness’
April 12, 2019
- Trump EO Would Stop States from Using Water Quality to Block Pipelines
- President looks to prevent states from using Clean Water Act to reject energy projects that could pollute ground water, streams, lakes, and similar resources
- Murphy Signs Law Ensuring Parity for Mental Health Insurance Coverage
- Federal law already requires equal insurance coverage for mental and physical healthcare, but advocates say that promise falls short at times
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