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Spiller, NJEA form new ‘Protecting Our Democracy’ organization

October 19, 2022 10:00 amOctober 19, 2022 1:11 pm

Montclair Mayor Sean Spiller and the New Jersey Education Association today launched Protecting Our Democracy, an 501 (c)(4) issue advocacy organization that Spiller says will fight to “restore confidence in government and unity in our country.” The organization’s founding donor...

Cherry Hill, nine other school districts pass special bond referendums

October 6, 2022 10:41 pmOctober 7, 2022 1:24 am

Voters in ten New Jersey school districts appearered to be approved special school referendums on Thursday, but one other school districts still have incomplete results. Cherry Hill voters approved a $363.9 million bond proposal for upgrades and additions to 19...

Murphy taps three new state Board of Education members, drops three who opposed sex-ed curriculumn

September 29, 2022 2:24 pmSeptember 30, 2022 4:02 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated three new members of the New Jersey State Board of Education, a political hotbed as sex education curriculum promise to become an issue in next year’s campaigns for the state legislature. If Mary Bennett, Dr....

Rutgers-Eagleton poll: New Jerseyans broadly support sex ed, but less so in lower grades

September 21, 2022 6:00 amSeptember 21, 2022 9:01 am

A new poll released this morning by the Rutgers Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling found that New Jerseyans are generally in favor of sex education in the state’s schools, but want there to be an opt-out option (which there...

Murphy signs legislation expanding free and reduced price school meals

September 9, 2022 1:11 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy signed the “Working Class Families’ Anti-Hunger Act” into law today, expanding the state’s free and reduced price school meals program to more schools and families; the governor also signed a related bill creating a campaign to raise...

Murphy is headed to the White House today and Oroho has some advice for him

August 31, 2022 9:19 amAugust 31, 2022 9:23 am

Gov. Phil Murphy is headed to Washington today to take part in a White House meeting on teacher shortages throughout the United States, and the top Republican in the New Jersey State Senate has some advice for him as he...

O’Scanlon wants probe into Rutgers football DoorDash bills

August 26, 2022 3:32 pm

Reports that Rutgers University spent over $450,000 on DoorDash food delivery orders from college football players and State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) wants to know why public funds were used to pick up the tab. In seeking an investigation,...