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Mejia wins upset victory in special NJ primary to replace Sherrill
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (600+ words) Published Feb 10, 2026 at 10:42 a.m. ET Progressive labor activist and organizer Analilia Mejia has pulled off a stunning upset in the Democratic primary to fill New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill's vacated seat in Congress. Former Rep. Tom Malinowski conceded Tuesday morning. "I…...
Police officer fatally shoots man, injures 2nd person in Newark, officials say
3+ week, 5+ hour ago (264+ words) Published Jan 20, 2026 A police officer shot two people during an encounter in Newark on Monday afternoon, killing one and wounding the other, authorities said. The shooting happened shortly after 1 p.m., when Newark police came across several civilians near Ross Street and…...
Utilities, immigration, Trump: What to watch as Sherrill starts as New Jersey governor
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1022+ words) Published Jan 19, 2026 at 11:01 a.m. ET Mikie Sherrill will be sworn in as New Jersey's next governor Tuesday, after a momentous win that made her one of the country's most high-profile Democrats taking office this year. Sherrill, a former four-term congressmember and…...
NJ releases prison death data for first time in effort to bring closure, accountability
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (603+ words) Published Dec 21, 2025 at 11:01 a.m. ET Hundreds of people died inside New Jersey state prisons over the past seven years, many from heart disease, cancer and COVID-19, according to newly released data that the Department of Corrections had not previously made public....
Batten the hatches: NYC, NJ to get heavy rain, winds and flooding from nor'easter
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (422+ words) Published Oct 11, 2025 at 12:17 p.m. ET New York and New Jersey are bracing for a tumultuous nor'easter hitting the region with coastal floods, heavy rain and damaging winds starting Sunday and into Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Rainfall is expected…...
Jack Ciattarelli wants to gut NJ’s affordable housing laws. Can he do it?
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (1490+ words) Published Oct 6, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. ET "Overdevelopment" is a common refrain whenever Jack Ciattarelli gets in front of voters. During his first debate with Rep. Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic nominee in the New Jersey governor's race, he spoke of "an overdevelopment crisis....
A microcosm of the NJ governor’s race? Welcome to Morris County.
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (856+ words) Published Sep 25, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. ET A story Republican nominee Jack Ciattarelli tells on the campaign trail also doubles as a joke: A woman in Morris County, New Jersey, walked into a cafe and approached him "respectful but a little defiant," he…...
Housing advocates ask courts to crack down on NJ towns over affordable housing plans
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (413+ words) Published Sep 3, 2025 at 1:35 p.m. ET A New Jersey housing advocacy group is challenging the affordable housing plans of 16 towns, saying they fall short of what is required by a 2024 law that aims to add 80,000 new homes across the state. If the…...
50 years later, what Bruce Springsteen’s 'Born to Run' means to the New Jersey
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (521+ words) Published Aug 25, 2025 at 4:13 p.m. ET "Cause tramps like us, baby, we were born to run." 50 years ago today, Bruce Springsteen unveiled those lyrics to the world, with the album "Born to Run" hitting the shelves on Aug. 25, 1975. It is the singers…...
A New Jersey town planned a dozen new affordable homes. They may never be built.
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (721+ words) Published Aug 15, 2025 at 6:00 a.m. ET New Jersey state Sen. Owen Henry is angry. Before he was elected to the Legislature last year, he'd negotiated as the mayor of Old Bridge to build 12 new affordably priced homes " many of them for veterans…...