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Protect Nursing Home Residents

September 3, 2020 2:49 pmSeptember 4, 2020 3:30 pm

FAMILIES DEMAND ACTION It is an outrage that more than 7,000 residents and staff of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in New Jersey have died from COVID-19. That is nearly half of all coronavirus related deaths in the...

Do County Election Workers Illegally Leak Ballot Counts?

September 2, 2020 1:13 pmSeptember 2, 2020 2:08 pm

OPINION It is both possible and probable that there were leakages on Election Days past in “how the votes are going” for any candidate of either party in any county. It is understandable why naysayers are alarmed when an amendment...

Innovation, Not Baseless Litigation, Is the Right Path for Climate Solutions

August 27, 2020 9:26 am

OPINION COVID-19 is grabbing headlines, but climate change remains a pressing challenge here in New Jersey and around the world. The good news is that New Jersey has the manufacturing capabilities, workforce and resources to lead this challenge. The bad...

It’s Time for Real Action on Environmental Justice

July 17, 2020 11:00 am

SPONSORED POST For Covanta, environmental justice is more than a buzzword It is difficult not to notice Covanta’s Waste-to-Energy incinerators in Newark and Camden, New Jersey. Yes, these are industrial sites with noticeable chimneys, easily spotted from a distance and...

It’s Time for Real Action on Environmental Justice

July 16, 2020 11:56 amJuly 17, 2020 10:48 am

SPONSORED POST For Covanta, environmental justice is more than a buzzword It is difficult not to notice Covanta’s Waste-to-Energy incinerators in Newark and Camden, New Jersey. Yes, these are industrial sites with noticeable chimneys, easily spotted from a distance and...

New Jersey made pre-k expansion a priority. Let’s keep the momentum!!

January 27, 2020 7:07 amJanuary 26, 2020 6:40 pm

New Jersey made pre-k expansion a priority. Let’s keep the momentum!! Why, you ask? Here’s what 3-year-old Juliana’s mother, Rebecca, shared on the first day of NJ’s pre-k in their Monmouth County community: “Full day (p)reschool is a huge step...

Rasmussen: How Van Drew navigates impeachment

December 1, 2019 4:11 pmDecember 2, 2019 2:48 pm

OPINION South Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew is hardly alone among Democrats in calling for caution on impeachment. Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a Democrat from the electorally important state of Michigan, said last week she doesn’t “see the value of kicking”...