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- One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail elections in New Jersey https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/06/one-in-10-ballots-rejected-in-last-months-vote-by-mail-elections/ 439 comments
- Marijuana legalization is on the NJ ballot https://www.njspotlight.com/2020/10/nj-election-2020-ballot-question-1-legalizing-marijuana-pro-con-tax-revenues-decriminalize/ 5 comments politics
- NJ Senators Invite DOT Head to Meet Commuters Delayed by Decrepit Hudson Rail Tunnel | Menendez, Booker also question Secretary Chao on 18-month delay in federal sign-off on key environmental review for tunnel, part of larger Gateway project https://www.njspotlight.com/2019/11/nj-senators-invite-dot-head-to-meet-commuters-delayed-by-decrepit-hudson-rail-tunnel/ 6 comments politics
- NJ Lawmakers Move To End Religious Exemption For Mandatory Vaccinations https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/19/02/06/lawmakers-moves-to-end-religious-exemption-for-mandatory-vaccinations/ 13 comments politics
- Christie-Led Opioid Task Force Wraps Up as Pressure Mounts on Trump to Act http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/17/10/23/christie-led-opioid-task-force-wraps-up-as-pressure-mounts-on-trump-to-act/ 3 comments politics
- Opinion: Why a Republican Is Endorsing Gary Johnson and Bill Weld http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/16/09/15/opinion-why-a-republican-is-endorsing-gary-johnson-and-bill-weld/ 4 comments politics
- Christie's Bridgegate Lawyer, to whom taxpayers paid almost $8 million, Is Raising Money For 'Christie 2016' http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/12/10/christie-s-bridgegate-lawyer-is-raising-money-for-christie-2016 3 comments politics
- NJ Public Wants Renewable Clean Power, Not Cheap Natural Gas, Poll Finds | 80% of residents surveyed said the state should invest more in renewable energy, with more than 3/4 of those responding saying they favor a pending bill, that would require a target of 80% renewables by 2050. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/11/01/nj-public-wants-renewable-clean-power-not-cheap-natural-gas-poll-finds/ 5 comments politics
- Court Allows Christie to Hide $1 Million in AmEx Charges for Travel http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/08/09/court-allows-christie-to-hide-1-million-in-amex-charges-for-travel/ 68 comments politics
- When asked for details of his quarantine policy, the Christie administration only supplied copies of Christie’s comments from yesterday, announcing that Hickox had been discharged and saying that how the quarantine services would be paid for would be disclosed at a later time. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/10/28/is-christie-calling-the-shots-when-it-comes-to-nj-s-quarantine-policies/ 3 comments politics
- ACA provision returns billions to consumers: A concept pioneered in New Jersey has led to $9 billion in insurance premium savings nationally over the past three years. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/07/27/aca-provision-returns-billions-to-consumers-harkens-back-to-nj-reforms-of-early-1990s/ 13 comments politics
- Michael Drewniak, Gov. Chris Christie’s press secretary, testified yesterday that “there was a level of knowledge in the governor’s office” about Bridgegate much earlier than Christie has acknowledged http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/05/14/analysis-governor-s-office-ignored-report-that-kelly-stepien-knew-about-bridgegate/ 25 comments politics
- Police Union Implicated in Bridgegate Owed Hundreds of Jobs to Christie - NJ Spotlight http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/14/02/18/police-union-implicated-in-bridgegate-owed-hundreds-of-dues-paying-jobs-to-christie/?p=all 25 comments politics
- NJ Voters approved an increase in the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.25 per hour. A worker who currently earn $15,080 a year for 40 weekly hours of work, will receive an additional $1,000-$2,000 in their paychecks each year. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/11/05/nj-voters-give-state-s-lower-wage-workers-a-big-boost/ 42 comments politics
- Gov. Chris Christie: "I told you guys this before: I have no idea what the unemployment rate means and I suspect the people who do it have no idea what the unemployment rate means." http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/13/03/31/unemployment-emerging-as-major-issue-in-governor-s-race/ 5 comments politics
- Chris Christie is using budget gimmicks to push through a tax cut that will leave NJ with a fiscal crisis next year. http://www.njspotlight.com/stories/12/0625/0100/ 78 comments politics