Republicans defend Tom Kean Jr. as a liberal after Democrats call him ‘Trump rubber stamp’
Hunterdon County leaders offered sharply divergent views Friday on the 7th Congressional District race, with local Republicans defending U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr. as an independent-minded liberal after Democrats supporting moderate challenger Rebecca Bennett described him as a rubber-stamp vote for the Trump administration. Republicans pointed to a Heritage Action scorecard showing Kean with a…
Trump slump weighs on Republicans as GOP retreats in key battlegrounds
The president’s war, inflation & political weakness are becoming a serious liability for Republicans President Donald Trump’s deteriorating approval ratings and voter anger over rising prices and the war with Iran are creating increasingly difficult terrain for Republican congressional candidates, prompting GOP groups to retreat from one major Senate battleground as Democrats expand their offensive…
The Price of Fear: “Daniel’s Law” is a weapon against the public that may get worse
By James J Devine In 2020, a monstrous crime shook New Jersey. A gunman, seeking to assassinate U.S. District Court Judge Esther Salas, killed her 20-year-old son Daniel Anderl and grievously wounded her husband. The response—Daniel’s Law—was born of grief and a genuine desire to prevent such horror from recurring. But grief is a poor…
Over 40,000 New Jersey children attend 643 schools near hazardous sites
A major new study from Brown University reveals that roughly 44% of U.S. pre-K-12 schools are located within one mile of a known environmental hazard site, including Superfund sites, brownfields, and Toxics Release Inventory facilities. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that approximately 8% of schools (nearly 10,000…
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