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Government/Politics

NJ Towns Are Taking Water, Sewer Privatization To The Polls

Governor Who? NJ Voters Murky On Candidates For 2025, Poll Says

$3B Health Care Merger Would Be Bad For New Jersey, Other States: Feds

Deal On Table To Hike Minimum Wage At NJ, NY Airports, Governors Say

New Jersey Can Raise $4B By Taxing The Rich, Hiking Sales Tax: Study

Toll Hikes At GWB, Lincoln Tunnel Proposed In Port Authority Budget

Half-Price Fares For PATH Riders With Disabilities Proposed In NJ, NY

Next Phase Of PSEG’s Clean Energy Program Approved In New Jersey

Time To Raise Federal Poverty Line, Dozens Of NJ Lawmakers Say

Essex County Honors 4 Local Residents For Veterans Day 2024

NJ Veterans Handbook: Sen. Booker Releases New Guide To State Benefits

Other news in Essex County and New Jersey

Essex-Hudson Greenway Update: Groundbreaking Expected In 2025

Wave Of Racist Texts Raises Outcry In New Jersey, Other States

‘Legends Way’ In Essex County Honors Attles, Pascrell, Payne, Shapiro

Belleville Historians Salute 4 Newark Soldiers Killed In Vietnam

Ex-West Orange Police Director, Business Admin Dies: John Sayers

Wu-Tang Rapper’s Weed Dispensary Opens In Essex County

Eataly Opens First NJ Store, Restaurant At Short Hills Mall

Holiday Diaper Drive In North Jersey (Here's What Is Needed)

Reindeer In Livingston: Camuso Holiday Display Returning For 2024

Montclair State: 'What I Wish I Knew As A First-Generation College Student'

10 Airport Travel Tips To Get You Through Security Lines Easier: TSA

AAPI New Jersey Gala Will Honor Asian Community Leaders

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