Sherrill budget proposes steep cuts to some of Union County’s biggest school districts
Governor Mikie Sherrill’s proposed $60.7 billion state budget would have very different impacts on four Union County school districts with the same legislative representation, with two seeing major funding cuts, one getting a big increase, and the other staying close to the same. Under the Fiscal Year 2027 proposal, Elizabeth schools would lose $1,616,638 in…
Lawyer challenges Sherrill to repair Murphy’s ‘fatal blows’ to public access
A leading voice for government accountability issued a direct challenge to Governor Rebecca ‘Mikie’ Sherrill to repair the extensive damage done to public transparency by the administration of outgoing Governor Phil Murphy. C.J. Griffin, a lawyer who has dedicated her practice to fighting for government transparency and press freedom, presented a meticulous indictment of Murphy’s…
Trump ousts religious liberty commissioner for opposing Israeli genocide
President Donald Trump has removed Carrie Prejean Boller from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after she refused to support what she called the panel’s efforts to silence Jewish and Christian voices who oppose Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and reject describing all criticism of Zionism as antisemitic. The former Miss California USA — who…
Trump tops $1 trillion deficit, trips on trade, and tumbles toward trouble
By James J. Devine The federal government has sprinted past the $1 trillion deficit mark just five months into the fiscal year, a staggering sum that nonetheless arrives with a confusing twist: red ink is flowing at a slightly slower pace than last year’s record-setting gush. New data from the Joint Economic Committee, released Friday,…
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