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Legislators demand details after report of World Cup-related Penn Station closures this summer

April 7, 2026 4:21 pm

After reports that New York Penn Station will partly close for hours on World Cup match days this summer, a pair of Hudson County legislators are demanding more details. On Monday, NorthJersey.com reported that the NJ Transit section of New...

Sherrill gives NJ Transit 45 days to plan improvements for riders

March 24, 2026 3:02 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill is giving NJ Transit 45 days to develop a plan to quickly improve the rider experience for Garden State commuters, she announced Tuesday. In Secaucus Junction Station, the governor signed an executive order requiring the transit agency...

Gateway lawsuit ruled moot; agency can seek damages for construction pause

March 12, 2026 4:04 pmMarch 12, 2026 4:08 pm

Two counts in the Gateway Development Commission’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against the White House remain pending after a federal judge dismissed most of the rest of the suit due to mootness on Thursday. The GDC, a bi-state agency operating the construction...

Senate panel clears Sherrill’s Transportation, Health commissioners

March 12, 2026 2:23 pm

The state Senate Judiciary Committee cleared Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s nominees to lead the Departments of Transportation and Health in a Thursday hearing. The panel unanimously cleared Priya Jain to be the transportation commissioner and cleared Raynard Washington to be the...

Federal appeals court rejects emergency White House attempt to re-freeze Gateway funds

March 11, 2026 6:11 pm

As the legal battle over the Gateway tunnel project continues to unfold, a federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate its funding freeze of the project. After a federal judge ordered the White House to...

N.J. sues White House for Gateway funding

February 4, 2026 2:55 pmFebruary 5, 2026 6:01 am

As workers prepare to pause work on a monumental rail tunnel project, officials in New Jersey and New York are continuing to amp up the pressure on the Trump administration to release funding, including with a lawsuit in federal court. ...

Gateway commission sues Trump administration over frozen funds

February 3, 2026 10:48 am

The bistate agency directing the construction of a monumental tunnel project between New Jersey and Manhattan sued the Trump administration late Monday night, months after the president froze hundreds of millions in federal funding for the project. The federal funding,...