Opioid settlement spending shows need for more oversight, NJ advocates warn
by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor State, county, and municipal officials got more than $60 million in national opioid settlement funds over the past year that was meant to be spent to repair harms caused by the deadly overdose crisis. Instead, it funded concerts, inflatable bounce houses, DJs, dirt bike demonstrations, police canines, ice cream,…
Federal judge finds law criminalizing noncitizen voting unconstitutional
A federal judge on Thursday declared a 30-year-old law criminalizing noncitizen voting unconstitutional and dismissed a case against a Jamaican woman accused of illegally casting a ballot in the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge David Leibowitz ruled that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it enacted the federal prohibition on noncitizen voting in 1996,…
988 LGBTQ+ youth crisis line restored after 14-month gap
The ‘Press 3’ option returned Tuesday following sustained pressure from lawmakers and advocates Specialized crisis services for LGBTQ+ youth on the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline were restored Tuesday, ending a 14-month gap that began when the Trump administration abruptly shut down the program in July 2025. The “Press 3” option, which connects LGBTQ+ young…
More than a quarter-million mail ballots went uncounted in the 2024 federal election
“When New Jersey announced in July that a voter registration snafu had allowed fewer than 400 noncitizens to vote since 2023, the response from Republicans — and much of the political press — was apoplectic,” said Jim Saksa, who wrote about the discarded ballots for Democracy Docket. More than 360,000 mail ballots cast in the…
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