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Zalkind retiring from children’s advocacy group after nearly 38 years

August 17, 2022 10:09 amAugust 17, 2022 5:22 pm

Cecilia Zalkind, a tireless advocate for the protection of children in New Jersey, will retire from her post as president of Advocate for Children of New Jersey at the end of this year. Mary Coogan, the ACNJ vice president, will...

Controversial Turnpike widening project could force Murphy to choose between Hudson officials and labor unions

August 15, 2022 12:01 amAugust 15, 2022 10:35 am

Opposition to a $4.7 billion proposal to widen the eight-mile section of New Jersey Turnpike between Exits 14A and 14C will likely force Gov. Phil Murphy into choosing between local officials and progressive activists in Jersey City and Hoboken and...

One of the biggest, most complicated lawsuits ever in N.J. has a trial set to begin next month, but no judge

August 10, 2022 5:28 pmAugust 11, 2022 11:16 am

One of the biggest civil lawsuits in state history – the New Jersey attorney general’s claim that Credit Suisse was part of a $10 billon mortgage fraud scheme – has been going on for more than eight years, but with...

Senate Republicans want special legislative committee to investigate health plan rate hike

August 9, 2022 1:26 pmAugust 10, 2022 7:48 pm

In response to reports of a significant rate hike for New Jersey’s State Health Benefits Program (SHBP), Senate Minority Leader Steve Oroho (R-Franklin) and State Sen. Declan O’Scanlon (R-Little Silver) have introduced a bill creating a subpoena-powered special legislative committee...

Platkin co-leads court challenge to Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

August 4, 2022 10:34 am

Acting Attorney General Matt Platkin announced today that he and Washington DC Attorney General Karl Racine will lead a 16-state-and-district coalition opposing Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, often known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. “In New Jersey, we...

Committee that determines state employee benefits postpones meeting, drawing rebuke from labor

July 27, 2022 5:38 pm

A group of labor leaders today slapped the State Division of Pensions and Benefits for putting off a meeting today of the State Health Benefits Program Plan Design Committee, saying they were “flabbergasted” that a meeting set for today was...

OPRA disputes settled far too slowly, comptroller’s report says

July 26, 2022 10:32 am

If you’ve been denied the ability to access public records via the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) and filed a complaint, you may have a long wait ahead of you to – an average of 21 months, in fact. That’s...