New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed a nearly $45 billion budget for the fiscal year that beings July 1. Legislators have begun their review ...
COLLEEN O'DEA
Colleen O’Dea has spent her entire career reporting New Jersey news and won numerous state and national journalism awards and fellowships. She joined NJ Spotlight News in 2011 and now serves as its data reporter, as well as covering general assignment topics that include elections, politics, criminal justice, social issues and affordable housing.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Attorney general says program based on new rules to limit police violence and needed to rebuild trust
NJ Spotlight NewsOversight official plans to retire. That hasn’t moved legislators who say commissioner should resign or be replaced
NJ Spotlight News Now that a top oversight official for New Jersey’s prisons has announced his resignation – a day after a hearing where legislators were clearly ...
Systemic failures at facility — including inmate silence for fear of retribution, blind spots where assaults can occur — leads one assemblywoman to ask if ...
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)NJ releases annual school report card. NJ Spotlight News lets you search for graduation rates
Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's OfficeIt’s an unusually large number of contested races for Senate, Assembly due to retirements
As the June primary promises shake ups and lively races for both Democrats and Republicans. NJ Spotlight News senior writer Colleen O’Dea is here with ...
Peter Miller via FlickrWith open legislative seats more plentiful than in recent years, the June primary promises shake-ups for Dems and GOP
(Screengrab from Zoom)NJ becomes 25th state with in-person voting before Election Day amid concerns over cost
