3 days ago · New Jersey Monitor provides fair and tough reporting on the issues affecting New Jersey, from political corruption to education to criminal and social justice.

5 days ago · A memorandum issued on President Donald Trump’s first day in office will pause nearly all offshore wind projects in New Jersey, with the prospect of a longer-lasting standstill if his administration moves to rescind approvals issued under President Joe Biden. Trump’s memorandum orders federal ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The Assembly added two new members Thursday to fill vacancies left when two former state lawmakers were sworn in to their new offices. Assemblyman Al Abdelaziz (D-Passaic), a former Paterson councilman and the longtime Paterson Democratic chair, was sworn in to replace Benjie Wimberly, who left the Assembly to fill a state Senate seat formerly held by …

3 days ago · Two lawmakers were sworn in to their new seats in the Legislature Thursday to fill vacancies left by reshuffling in Congress and the upper chamber. Sen. Benjie Wimberly was sworn in at the beginning of the Senate session Thursday with his family beside him. The Passaic County Democrat, who is ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Hegseth confirmed as Pentagon chief after Vance breaks tie vote in U.S. Senate BY: Shauneen Miranda - January 24, 2025 WASHINGTON — Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense, after he was confirmed late Friday by the U.S. Senate by the narrowest of margins.

Nov 21, 2024 · Some New Jersey residents will see their gas heating bills increase by nearly 16% under new rates approved by the Board of Public Utilities. The board on Thursday approved rate increases for customers of New Jersey Natural Gas and Elizabethtown Gas Company, with those who get natural gas from former facing steeper increases.

Jan 24, 2025 · Jim Waltman, executive director of the Watershed Institute, talks about “Enviro Fix in ’26,” environmentalists’ agenda for New Jersey’s next governor, during a news conference on Jan. 23, 2025, at the Statehouse in Trenton.

Jan 16, 2025 · Thursday marks a new era at NJ Transit, one without the man who has been at its helm for seven years. Kevin Corbett, who was appointed in 2018 as the transit agency’s CEO and president, stepped down Wednesday, with transit advocates and lawmakers lamenting his term at NJ Transit as a missed opportunity to overhaul public transportation in the Garden State.

Oct 28, 2024 · Lawmakers in both chambers on Monday approved a series of technical fixes meant to prepare for the implementation of Stay NJ, a tax credit program that promises to cut property tax bills in half for New Jerseyans 65 and older.. The bill passed the Senate in a unanimous vote and cleared the Assembly with a single no vote from Assemblyman Brian …

Jan 1, 2025 · New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 Wednesday, completing its first inflation-adjusted increase following a five-year phase-in that brought the state’s wage floor to above $15.