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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,...

Sherrill keeps Kolluri at NJ Transit, also makes him head of N.J. Turnpike Authority

January 8, 2026 4:30 pmJanuary 11, 2026 1:33 pm

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill moved to remake New Jersey’s transportation leadership on Tuesday, announcing that New Jersey Transit President & CEO Kris Kolluri will not only remain in his current post but will also be nominated to serve as executive director...

McIver leading effort to rename Newark Penn Station after Donald Payne Jr.

December 18, 2025 3:50 pm

The late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-Newark), who spent close to two decades representing Newark at all levels of government, could find himself memorialized in his home city’s iconic train station. Under a new House bill introduced yesterday by Rep....

Trump threat to ‘terminate’ Gateway funding draws alarm in N.J.

October 15, 2025 9:20 pmOctober 15, 2025 10:26 pm

President Donald Trump said earlier today that funding for the Gateway Tunnel project is “terminated,” a vague statement that drew alarm from New Jersey politicians keen to see the $18 billion rail project connecting Manhattan and New Jersey completed. According...

Newark, JFK, LaGuardia will decline to play Kristi Noem’s politicized TSA video

October 14, 2025 10:56 amOctober 14, 2025 2:14 pm

Three major airports in the New York City area – Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport – won’t play a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that blames the ongoing federal government shutdown...

Gateway construction continuing for now as N.J. politicians trade blame for funding freeze

October 2, 2025 5:25 pm

Despite the announcement yesterday from President Donald Trump that billions of dollars in funding for the Gateway Tunnel project would be halted, construction is not immediately stopping – but that won’t be true forever, and Democrats and Republicans in New...