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New Montvale apartment complex offers stability for homeless veterans
Six-unit development part of New Jersey’s ‘Bringing Veterans Home’ initiative
New Jersey lawmakers advance bill that would tax private prison immigration detention companies
The bill targets companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group, whose New Jersey profits rose roughly 10% per quarter last year.
New Jersey lawmakers move to tighten oversight of scrap yards after repeated fires
Proposed rules aim to curb dangerous blazes in Camden and beyond
New Jersey bill would charge fossil fuel companies for climate damages
Environmental advocates rallied at the State House to push the climate damages bill.
‘I wouldn’t feed a dog this food’: New Jersey nursing home residents testify before Senate committee
Senate panel advances bill to track billions flowing out of nursing homes and into owners’ pockets
Full text of New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s fiscal year 2026-27 state budget address
The governor presented her first budget on March 10.
Photos: At the New Jersey State House, protesters call for an end to the war with Iran
About 50 people gathered in front of the State House in Trenton on Saturday afternoon.
Nature reclaims a once-industrial island on the Delaware River
The New Jersey Natural Lands Trust hopes to establish a nature center on Petty’s Island.
Immigration
Investigating immigration enforcement, detention, and deportation in the Garden State
