New Jersey raises minimum wage to more than $16 starting Jan. 1
Most minimum-wage workers in New Jersey will see a pay increase at the start of 2027, but the state’s poorest workers and those who rely on tips will continue to earn far less than the newly announced standard. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Tuesday that New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise…
More than 4,500 volunteers set to clean 80-plus NJ beaches in fall sweep
Clean Ocean Action says more than 4,500 volunteers have signed up to clear debris from 80-plus New Jersey sites Saturday, Oct. 24.
The United States is a threat to world peace
By every measure that once defined American moral authority, the government in Washington is now the danger the world fears most. In 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared that the United States was “the world’s greatest purveyor of…
Tom Kean Jr.’s stance against gun regulations collides with shifting legal landscape
The majority of Americans care about passing firearms safety laws like universal background checks and increasingly want to elect candidates who will champion lifesaving legislation to reduce gun violence and make them a priority—not gun lobby profits. As New Jersey’s firearm laws face their most significant judicial upheaval in decades, the long record of Republican…
Army Corps sorts things out and saves taxpayer money
You are receiving this because you subscribed to NJTODAY.NEWS. Too many emails? Use the links at the bottom of this email to switch to a daily or weekly digest, pick only the topics you want, or unsubscribe. By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D The hot cup of coffee you sipped this morning was made possible in large…
Anthony Salters & ‘Children First Team’ are surging as Hillside voters go to the polls
You are receiving this because you subscribed to NJTODAY.NEWS. Too many emails? Use the links at the bottom of this email to switch to a daily or weekly digest, pick only the topics you want, or unsubscribe. HILLSIDE, NJ — In local politics, it is often easy to get lost in the noise of campaign…
No bottom: The GOP’s gutter campaigns should prepare Americans for November
From Ramaswamy’s attack ad to Rogers’ Brotherhood smears, Republicans show there’s nothing they won’t do for power. Prepare for what comes after November.
Jury convicts East Orange man of murder, attempted murder in 2 shootings
An Essex County jury found James Tolbert, 31, guilty of killing a 16-year-old in 2022 and wounding a 26-year-old man in a 2023 Newark shooting.
Supreme Court won’t let federal prisons halt care for transgender inmates
The justices denied the Trump administration’s bid to suspend an injunction that keeps hormone therapy and other care in place for transgender federal prisoners.
Republicans Donald Trump & Tom Kean Jr. stiffed more than 3,300 farmers in New Jersey’s 7th District
More than 3,300 farmers in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District are caught in the crosshairs of a national funding shortfall after the Trump administration announced an $8 billion agricultural bailout, leaving local producers without promised relief as election day approaches. On Oct. 19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the Harvest Fuel Relief Program, promising…
American women stripped of rights to medical care are forced to have unwanted children
WASHINGTON — Millions of American women have lost a fundamental measure of control over their reproductive lives as abortion bans across much of the United States transform a common medical procedure into a legal, financial and logistical ordeal. The restrictions have created a divided nation in which a woman’s ability to obtain an abortion depends…
Brielle man pleads guilty in insider trading scheme tied to SPAC merger
A former broker-dealer partner from Brielle pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud using confidential SPAC merger tips.
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