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Elections

Sherrill and Ciattarelli clash on costs, energy, transit and Trump in New Jersey governor’s debate as exchanges turn personal

By Krystal Knapp
Elections

New Jersey governor’s race: Sherrill, Ciattarelli face off in second debate (live transcript)

By Krystal Knapp

Five years after being shot by Bloomfield police, Jeffrey Sutton is still seeking justice

By Steve Janoski
Five years after being shot by Bloomfield police, Jeffrey Sutton is still seeking justice
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Immigration

Feds stonewall New Jersey lawmakers on plans for immigrant detention camp at joint base

By Steve Janoski
Transparency | Trenton

State ethics board fined Trenton parking officials over insider contract deal

By Isaac Avilucea
Environment

To fight rising wildfire danger, New Jersey turns to tree thinning in the Pinelands

By Jeff Pillets
Immigration

Newark immigrant detention center under fire as New Jersey lawmakers demand changes for visitor safety

By Steve Janoski


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Immigration

New Jersey couple’s routine check-in ends in detention and separation

By Andres Kudacki and Krystal Knapp

Window on New Jersey: Scenes from the Garden State

Scenes from the Garden State by photojournalist Andres Kudacki
Elections

Caldwell and Gannon highlight contrasting visions for New Jersey in sole lieutenant governor debate

By Krystal Knapp

Portraits of New Jersey: Faces and voices of the Garden State

By Andres Kudacki

News in brief

More than $132 Million in New Jersey Medicaid funds recovered, watchdog says

H-1B crackdown could upend New Jersey academic research hubs, from Rutgers to Princeton

Platkin files lawsuit to permanently bar Menendez from holding public office in New Jersey

Williams-Transco abandons Northeast Supply Enhancement gas pipeline project

Commentary

Why your email = stronger local journalism in New Jersey

New Jersey towns can’t fight forever chemicals in drinking water alone; they need a centralized PFAS response center

Stop the massive warehouse in Liberty State Park: The park belongs to the people, not millionaires’ yachts

New Jersey’s local news crisis among the worst in U.S.

Energy

A closer look at PJM, the obscure energy giant driving up electricity costs in the Northeast

The CEO of PJM earned a base salary of $1.2 million last year, records show.

A father’s detention leaves a New Jersey mother and autistic daughter in crisis

The family can no longer afford rent or early-intervention therapies.

Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety

Within two years of New Jersey’s bail reforms, the state’s pretrial jail population decreased by roughly 44%.

Inside New Jersey’s troubled immigration detention center: ‘It’s designed to break people’

At Newark’s Delaney Hall, detainees allegely face abuse, neglect, and fear. ICE insists such conditions don’t exist.

New Jersey governor debate: Sherrill and Ciattarelli clash over taxes, energy costs and state’s future

New Jersey governor’s race: Sherrill, Ciattarelli face off in first debate (live transcript)

Veteran federal prosecutor Eric Gibson to lead New Jersey Office of Public Integrity

New Jersey politicians silent on watchdog report detailing covert takeover of public insurance funds


Criminal Justice

Bergen County corrections officer left loaded gun in Jeep after DUI Crash

Watchdog report: Norcross-founded firm violated conflict laws, broke disclosure rules in covert takeover of public health insurance funds

A private company has effectively taken over health insurance funds that serve hundreds of NJ towns and school…

New Jersey ELEC approves $2.6 Million match for governor candidates

The New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission has approved more than $2.6 million in public matching funds for…

Five minutes with Roger Williams, state historian for the New Jersey Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution

“it was New Jersey that launched the nation.”

Behind Trenton’s recreation boom: no-bid contracts, runaway overtime, government purchases on personal credit cards

‘Out of nowhere it all ended’: Longtime Princeton family separated after ICE raid

Federal judge rules Trump’s appointment of Alina Habba as top New Jersey prosecutor is unlawful

New Jersey bill seeking to restrict media use of AI draws sharp criticism


Detained in New Jersey

Investigating immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation in the Garden State

Immigration | Photos

The Delaney Hall immigration detention center uprising in photos

By Andres Kudacki

ICE sent New Jersey migrants to states with tougher immigration judges after Delaney Hall uprising

ICE releases New Jersey mom who is the key witness in her own attempted murder case

New Jersey clergy confront ICE: Faith groups block access to private detention center in Newark

How it unfolded: The arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka at the controversial Delaney Hall New Jersey ICE site

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released Friday night after arrest outside ICE Detention Center

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