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Video blaming Dems for government shutdown won’t play at Newark airport newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/newar...
Video blaming Dems for government shutdown won't play at Newark airport • New Jersey Monitor
The Port Authority's airports join a growing number of facilities rejecting the video over concerns it violates federal law.
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New Jersey Monitor @newjerseymonitor.com · 11h
Where NJ governor hopefuls stand on childhood vaccines newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/14/n...
Where NJ governor hopefuls stand on childhood vaccines • New Jersey Monitor
State health officials have expressed alarm recently about declining immunization rates and a dip in herd immunity.
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Trump, U.S. leaders celebrate end of hostilities in Gaza newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/13/r...
Trump, U.S. leaders celebrate end of hostilities in Gaza • New Jersey Monitor
WASHINGTON — After just over two years in Hamas captivity, the surviving Israeli hostages were released Monday as President Donald Trump visited Israel and Egypt to celebrate a U.S.-brokered peace dea...
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NJ voter registration deadline is Tuesday newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-vo...
NJ voter registration deadline is Tuesday • New Jersey Monitor
Eligible New Jersey residents who want to cast ballots for the state's next governor must register by Tuesday.
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Commentary: Columbus is now an Italian American myth. Let’s name the day after someone else.  newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/13/r... via @byjenamiller.bsky.social
Columbus is now an Italian American myth. Let’s name the day after someone else.  • New Jersey Monitor
Writer Jen A. Miller says she's proud of her Italian American heritage — but thinks Columbus Day in name has to go.
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Repeat matchup in South Jersey Assembly race could be a nail-biter newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/13/r...
Repeat matchup in South Jersey Assembly race could be a nail-biter • New Jersey Monitor
Four Assembly candidates who came within 500 votes of each other in the 8th Legislative District in 2023 are again on the ballot this year.
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Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/11/r...
Trump undertakes a MAGA-centric makeover of US civics education • New Jersey Monitor
WASHINGTON — A slew of conservative groups will lead a new coalition to spur civics education and push the subject in a more patriotic direction, the U.S. Education Department announced last month, ra...
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NJ Senate president calls for oversight of state anti-corruption unit newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/10/n...
NJ Senate president calls for oversight of state anti-corruption unit • New Jersey Monitor
Senate President Nicholas Scutari called for an independent monitor to oversee the unit after the latest in a series of alleged missteps.
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‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/10/r...
‘Substantial’ layoffs of federal workers launched by Trump administration amid shutdown • New Jersey Monitor
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday it had begun mass layoffs of federal employees, a step not taken during previous government shutdowns and one that could significantly reshape th...
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Parents renew challenge of NJ’s practice of storing baby blood spots newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/10/n...
Parents renew challenge of NJ's practice of storing baby blood spots • New Jersey Monitor
Parents seeking to end NJ's practice of storing baby blood leftover from newborn disease screenings have filed a new complaint in court.
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Republican seeking to become NJ governor pledges return of plastic bags newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/10/n...
Republican seeking to become NJ governor pledges return of plastic bags • New Jersey Monitor
On the campaign trail, Republican Jack Ciattarelli pledges to voters that he'll rescind the state's ban on single-use plastic bags.
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NJ governor hopefuls want phones out of classrooms — in different ways newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/09/n...
NJ governor hopefuls want phones out of classrooms — in different ways • New Jersey Monitor
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) backs a bill that would ban phones from classrooms statewide. Jack Ciattarelli (R) wants local districts to decide.
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Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries feds newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/r...
Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries feds • New Jersey Monitor
The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences ...
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NJ gun owners ask court to rehear constitutional challenge of gun-carry law newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/n...
NJ gun owners ask court to rehear constitutional challenge of gun-carry law • New Jersey Monitor
Gun owners last month lost their constitutional challenge of a NJ law banning guns in sensitive places. They want another day in court.
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Former FBI director pleads not guilty to criminal charges newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/r...
Former FBI director pleads not guilty to criminal charges • New Jersey Monitor
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure ...
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US prison population rises for second straight year newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/r... via @stateline.org
US prison population rises for second straight year • New Jersey Monitor
The nation’s prison population grew for the second consecutive year in 2023, reversing more than a decade of steady decline.
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Governor’s race could alter abortion landscape in NJ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/08/n...
Governor's race could alter abortion landscape in NJ • New Jersey Monitor
Pro-choice advocates say a GOP win in this year's gubernatorial race could alter the landscape in New Jersey.
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NJ congresswoman’s attorney objects to fed officials comparing her to antifa newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/07/n...
NJ congresswoman's attorney objects to fed officials comparing her to antifa • New Jersey Monitor
Federal officials in public statements have improperly compared Rep. LaMonica McIver to antifa, McIver's attorneys say in a new court filing.
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Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds cash lead in NJ governor’s race newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/07/n...
Democrat Mikie Sherrill holds cash lead in NJ governor's race • New Jersey Monitor
Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) has outraised ex-Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R) so far, but both are set to max out their public matching funds.
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Four weeks left in NJ’s rough-and-tumble race for governor newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/07/n...
Four weeks left in NJ's rough-and-tumble race for governor • New Jersey Monitor
On Nov. 4, voters will decide whether to send Jack Ciattarelli (R) or Mikie Sherrill (D) to Trenton to succeed Gov. Phil Murphy.
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Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/06/r...
Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse • New Jersey Monitor
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from ...
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NJ Assembly primary spending hit new high in 2025 newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-20...
NJ Assembly primary spending hit new high in 2025 • New Jersey Monitor
Assembly primary spending surged in 2025, ending two-thirds higher than the peak set in 2015 even after inflation adjustments.
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Trump critics take to NJ bridges for ‘rush-hour resistance’ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/06/t...
Trump critics take to NJ bridges for 'rush-hour resistance' • New Jersey Monitor
Visibility brigades, which started in Paramus in 2020, have become popular nationally as Trump critics try to reach unengaged citizens.
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Government shutdown primed to continue after US Senate deadlocks again newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/03/r...
Government shutdown primed to continue after US Senate deadlocks again • New Jersey Monitor
WASHINGTON — An agreement to reopen the federal government was nowhere in sight Friday after U.S. Senate Democrats and Republicans failed Friday, for the fourth time, to move on a deal and House Speak...
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Judge tosses indictment against NJ prison guards accused of assaulting inmates newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/03/j...
Judge tosses indictment against NJ prison guards accused of assaulting inmates • New Jersey Monitor
Fifteen guards were charged in the 2021 beatdown that gravely injured several imprisoned women. A judge found case delays unconstitutional.
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