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Courts

Perth Amboy worker’s whistleblower suit alleges retaliation for raising insurance bidding, pay-to-play concerns

By Jeff Pillets
Elections | Courts

Republican Congressional hopeful Tiffany Burress at risk of losing North Jersey home to foreclosure

By Steve Janoski

At least a dozen Hamilton residents have died from Legionnaires’ disease since 2018, public records show

By Jeff Pillets
Not all cases have been definitively linked to Trenton Water Works.

Want to understand what's really happening in New Jersey?
Independent reporting that explains the decisions shaping life in the state, and why they matter.
Want to understand what's really happening in New Jersey?
Independent reporting that explains the decisions shaping life in the state, and why they matter.
Immigration

Essex County adds tent and toilets outside Delaney Hall as immigrant families keep waiting in the cold

By Steve Janoski
News

Jersey Vindicator chosen as 2026 Report for America newsroom; corps member to cover housing and affordability in New Jersey

By Krystal Knapp
What's Left | Commentary | Environment

This winter is no snow joke for New Jersey’s wildlife

By Jeff Tittel
Commentary | The Public Record

Let the sunshine in: What we want from Gov. Sherrill on transparency

By CJ Griffin

Immigration

‘An agency out of control’: Planned ICE detention processing warehouse in Roxbury sparks bipartisan backlash

By Steve Janoski

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Window on New Jersey: Scenes from the Garden State

Scenes from the Garden State by photojournalist Andres Kudacki
Courts | Attorney General

Indictment against South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross tossed again on appeal

By Jeff Pillets

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

By Andres Kudacki

News in brief

Sherrill signs ethics, government efficiency, permitting and youth safety orders

New law targets chronic absenteeism in New Jersey schools with attendance task force

New Jersey shootings fell sharply in 2025, state officials say

New Jersey law will create statewide affordable housing directory

Commentary

Liberty State Park dirty deal on hold

A big win for the Ramapo Mountains Reservation and the people

Moral clarity in the present tense: Faith leaders in New Jersey and across the country call on Governor Murphy to sign immigrant protections

Murphy’s environmental legacy: Broken promises and a worse environment

Photos

The Jersey Vindicator’s best photos of 2025

We pair strong reporting with quality photography. A look back at our best photos of the year.
Money wasted tax payer

New Jersey school district missed $49 million in savings by skipping state health plan, audit finds

Perth Amboy spent 18 percent more than necessary on health insurance.

Richard Codey, longtime New Jersey legislator and former governor, to lie in state in Trenton

Codey died Jan. 11. He was 79.

Photos: Mikie Sherrill’s inaugural ball at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, New Jersey

About 2,000 people attended the ball at the mall.

Murphy signs sweeping New Jersey e-bike law expanding insurance and licensing rules

Sherrill order No. 2 directs utilities and state agencies to speed solar, storage and grid projects

What Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s first executive order does to address soaring electric bills in New Jersey

Mikie Sherrill takes office as New Jersey governor, announces moves to control utility costs


Criminal Justice

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy grants clemency to 148 people in final actions in office

Murphy signs ‘Safe Communities Act,’ kills two other New Jersey immigration bills (updated)

He declined to sign two related bills, resulting in pocket vetoes.

Faith leaders urge Gov. Murphy to sign bills protecting immigrants in New Jersey

Religious leaders still hope Murphy will sign the trio of bills as one of his last acts…

Video podcast: Jeff Pillets discusses Trenton Water Works issues with Hamilton Mayor Jeff Martin

This was the debut episode of the new podcast.

ICE taps GEO Group subsidiary to track immigrants in $121 million deal

Camden scrap recycler EMR sued by New Jersey attorney general and DEP over hazardous fires

Murphy restores jury service eligibility for people with past convictions in New Jersey

Stealth $128 million New Jersey budget bill would fund World Cup marketing, county projects, NJEDA supercomputer infrastructure


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

Fatal shooting in Minneapolis by ICE agent sparks protests and vigils in New Jersey

From Delaney Hall and beyond: The year in immigration enforcement and its human toll

Death of Delaney Hall detainee fuels calls to close Newark ICE facility

Sen. Andy Kim renews call to close Delaney Hall as advocates decry worsening conditions and lack of heated shelter for visitors

With her husband detained, a New Brunswick mother cares for her medically fragile son alone

New Jersey bill would require officers to show faces and identify themselves before arrests

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