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Politics/Government:

NJ House Members All Vote Yes On $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

Essex County Votes For Murphy By 3-To-1 Margin: 2021 Election

Ruiz Chosen As NJ Senate Majority Leader; 1st Latina To Hold Seat

Nia Gill Of Montclair Guns For NJ Senate President Seat

Nutley, Developer Butt Heads Over Future Of Ex-Roche Property

Millburn Affordable Housing, Flood Relief Discussed At Meeting

It's Time To Reimagine Policing In Newark, Advocates Say

Montclair School Board Referendum: What Comes Next?

McKeon: NJ Law Will Keep Temperatures Livable In Nursing Homes

NJ Reproductive Rights Activists Rally In Essex County (VIDEO)

Other news in Essex County and New Jersey:

Missing Essex County Girl Found; Mom Charged With Endangerment

Essex County Activists Fight 2 Proposed Plants: 'Stop Dumping On Newark'

Latina Workers In NJ Face One Of America's Ugliest Pay Gaps

East Orange Churns With $1B In Real Estate Development, Firm Says

Belleville School Board Member Found Guilty Of DUI: Report

Frontier Airlines Leaving Newark Airport, Cites 'Cost Pressures'

Clara Maass Hospital Launches Virtual 'Emergency Department'

Late Bloomfield Police Officer Honored At Blue Mass (VIDEO)

$125K Painting Is On The Move Again In Belleville

PATH Made Workers Take 'Unnecessary' Medical Exams, Feds Allege

West Orange Families Displaced By Landslide Lawyer Up

Donut Meets Rice Cake: 'Mochinut' Shop Coming To Montclair

Plan For Sacred Heart Buildings In Bloomfield Moves Forward

Death And Twizzlers: Livingston Cemetery To Open On Veterans Day

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