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Bergen County Clerk's Settlement Ends Six-Year County Line Ballot Fight

Bergen County Clerk's Settlement Ends Six-Year County Line Ballot Fight

Bergen County Clerk John Hogan agreed to pay $29,279 in legal fees, closing litigation that began in 2020 and has...

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After a Century in Branchville, Selective Insurance Is Moving East to a Rented Headquarters

After a Century in Branchville, Selective Insurance Is Moving East to a Rented Headquarters

The insurer founded in a Sussex County general store will move its executive leadership to a leased tower in Short...

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Samsung Fires 739 in NJ Less Than a Year After Ribbon-Cutting New HQ

Samsung Fires 739 in NJ Less Than a Year After Ribbon-Cutting New HQ

A Seoul-driven consumer electronics restructuring eliminates the Englewood Cliffs headquarters Samsung opened in September 2025 — while semiconductor jobs expand...

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A License No One Ever Got: The Fatal Flaw that Felled New Jersey's Rifle Ban

A License No One Ever Got: The Fatal Flaw that Felled New Jersey's Rifle Ban

A licensing system that never issued a single license helped sink the state's 1990 assault weapons law. New Jersey is...

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New Jersey Transfers NJ PBS Operations to Montclair State University

New Jersey Transfers NJ PBS Operations to Montclair State University

With the Newark studio closed and no disclosed technical plan, the state handed its public television network to Montclair State....

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Keyport Cancer Cluster Update: 370 Cases, $1.2M Unpaid Fines, 47 Years of Inaction

Keyport Cancer Cluster Update: 370 Cases, $1.2M Unpaid Fines, 47 Years of Inaction

Resident reports filed between April and June have pushed a research database at The College of New Jersey to 370...

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NJEDA Pauses $500M AI Tax Credit Program Amid Municipal Ban Wave

NJEDA Pauses $500M AI Tax Credit Program Amid Municipal Ban Wave

NJEDA paused a $500M AI tax credit program earlier this month, as four more towns have joined the fight against...

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SDA Breaks Ground on $121.8M West New York Middle School Replacement

SDA Breaks Ground on $121.8M West New York Middle School Replacement

An estimated $121.8 million state-funded build will replace a facility where 1,100 students attend school in a space designed for...

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NJ Budget Crunch: StayNJ Fight, CWA Rally and World Cup Collide in Trenton

NJ Budget Crunch: StayNJ Fight, CWA Rally and World Cup Collide in Trenton

On a Thursday afternoon inside the State House complex, Governor Mikie Sherrill and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin stood shoulder to...

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Here Is What NJ Collected From Two CVS Medicaid Fraud Settlements, 18 Years Apart

Here Is What NJ Collected From Two CVS Medicaid Fraud Settlements, 18 Years Apart

New Jersey has collected two Medicaid fraud settlements from CVS, eighteen years apart. Ranitidine dosage switching marked the first. Insulin...

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