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  • City of Trenton’s tree clearing may have harmed Delaware River waterfront, state says

    City of Trenton’s tree clearing may have harmed Delaware River waterfront, state says

    December 6, 2024December 16, 2025
  • Trenton lead pipe replacement program under scrutiny after contractor charged in Newark scheme

    Trenton lead pipe replacement program under scrutiny after contractor charged in Newark scheme

    December 4, 2024April 7, 2025
  • What you need to know about the final N.J. ballot design hearing

    What you need to know about the final N.J. ballot design hearing

    November 29, 2024December 1, 2024
  • How local lawyers helped the feds expose civil rights violations by two notorious Trenton police crime units

    How local lawyers helped the feds expose civil rights violations by two notorious Trenton police crime units

    November 24, 2024April 24, 2025
  • Trenton could be site of new ICE detention facility

    Trenton could be site of new ICE detention facility

    November 23, 2024December 16, 2025
  • N.J. League of Women Voters launches petition calling for fair ballot design

    N.J. League of Women Voters launches petition calling for fair ballot design

    November 14, 2024December 16, 2025
  • Altman vs. Kean makes top three list for Musk Super PAC’s congressional race spending

    Altman vs. Kean makes top three list for Musk Super PAC’s congressional race spending

    November 5, 2024April 14, 2025
  • The Jersey Vindicator is hiring a full-time investigative reporter

    The Jersey Vindicator is hiring a full-time investigative reporter

    October 24, 2024November 14, 2024
  • The Jersey Vindicator seeks freelance investigative reporters

    The Jersey Vindicator seeks freelance investigative reporters

    October 24, 2024November 14, 2024
  • N. J. Assembly committee approves bill to require sunscreen in schools

    N. J. Assembly committee approves bill to require sunscreen in schools

    October 22, 2024October 24, 2024
  • Jersey Vindicator wins $100,000 national grant to support pilot County Chroniclers program

    Jersey Vindicator wins $100,000 national grant to support pilot County Chroniclers program

    October 17, 2024October 17, 2024
  • N.J. legislators announce new committee to redesign ballots

    N.J. legislators announce new committee to redesign ballots

    October 12, 2024October 12, 2024
  • From above of cup of hot coffee on table with clipboard and notepad in office of psychologist

    Job opening: Jersey Vindicator seeks county chronicler coordinators

    October 11, 2024October 17, 2024
  • Comptroller says lab should repay $7.3 Million to New Jersey Medicaid

    Comptroller says lab should repay $7.3 Million to New Jersey Medicaid

    October 7, 2024October 17, 2024
  • Three former employees of Seton Hall University plead guilty to defrauding law school of more than $1.3 million

    Three former employees of Seton Hall University plead guilty to defrauding law school of more than $1.3 million

    July 26, 2024July 26, 2024
  • Educational Services Commission of New Jersey surplus ballooned almost $70 million without a plan to use or return funds, state comptroller says

    Educational Services Commission of New Jersey surplus ballooned almost $70 million without a plan to use or return funds, state comptroller says

    July 24, 2024July 24, 2024
  • Menendez used donor cash for legal costs ahead of conviction

    Menendez used donor cash for legal costs ahead of conviction

    July 24, 2024July 24, 2024
  • Statements from N.J. leaders after President Biden announces he is suspending his re-election campaign

    Statements from N.J. leaders after President Biden announces he is suspending his re-election campaign

    July 21, 2024July 22, 2024
  • Murphy not on publicized shortlists for potential Democratic vice presidential candidates

    Murphy not on publicized shortlists for potential Democratic vice presidential candidates

    July 21, 2024July 21, 2024
  • Above the law? Union County officials refuse to comply with N.J. compensation transparency rules

    Above the law? Union County officials refuse to comply with N.J. compensation transparency rules

    July 18, 2024July 18, 2024
  • ‘We’re in a lot of trouble’: Former Gov. Tom Kean weighs in on the health of democracy in N.J. and the nation

    ‘We’re in a lot of trouble’: Former Gov. Tom Kean weighs in on the health of democracy in N.J. and the nation

    July 8, 2024July 8, 2024
  • Former Gov. Tom Kean weighs in on Biden reelection, says he should step aside

    Former Gov. Tom Kean weighs in on Biden reelection, says he should step aside

    July 4, 2024July 8, 2024
  • N.J. Attorney General’s new directive limits use of baby blood samples

    N.J. Attorney General’s new directive limits use of baby blood samples

    June 20, 2024June 21, 2024
  • The Governor’s lead balloon: Murphy’s $100 million broken promise leaves the health of New Jersey students at risk

    The Governor’s lead balloon: Murphy’s $100 million broken promise leaves the health of New Jersey students at risk

    June 9, 2024February 27, 2026
  • The best speech in the N.J. Legislature Monday about the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) bill

    The best speech in the N.J. Legislature Monday about the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) bill

    May 14, 2024May 15, 2024
  • ‘Today’s OPRA bill is not who we are’ says Newark mayor as his fellow Democrats vote to rollback transparency in N.J. with help from GOP

    ‘Today’s OPRA bill is not who we are’ says Newark mayor as his fellow Democrats vote to rollback transparency in N.J. with help from GOP

    May 13, 2024May 14, 2024
  • Latest OPRA bill amendments appears to remove first section of current law that supports the public’s right to know

    Latest OPRA bill amendments appears to remove first section of current law that supports the public’s right to know

    May 12, 2024May 13, 2024
  • Democracy in peril: Why you should care about the N.J. Open Public Records Act bill

    Democracy in peril: Why you should care about the N.J. Open Public Records Act bill

    May 10, 2024May 12, 2024
  • Ten ways the latest Open Public Records Act (OPRA) bill guts transparency in N.J. and weakens the public’s right to know

    Ten ways the latest Open Public Records Act (OPRA) bill guts transparency in N.J. and weakens the public’s right to know

    May 9, 2024May 12, 2024
  • Key provision that guts Open Public Records Act remains as N.J. Legislature prepares for May 13 OPRA bill vote

    Key provision that guts Open Public Records Act remains as N.J. Legislature prepares for May 13 OPRA bill vote

    May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
  • Williams-Transco abandons Northeast Supply Enhancement gas pipeline project

    April 21, 2024August 10, 2025
  • Selective Focus Photography of Bookshelf With Books

    Legislators eye Gov. Murphy’s promise to ‘fully fund’ schools

    April 15, 2024December 6, 2024
  • We filed a public records request for the OPRA log from Eilzabeth, N.J., and this is what we got back

    We filed a public records request for the OPRA log from Eilzabeth, N.J., and this is what we got back

    April 13, 2024April 15, 2024
  • Pen on Tablet

    FDU poll: Most N.J. voters oppose rolling back public records access

    April 12, 2024April 12, 2024
  • On Fixing the Open Public Records Act

    On Fixing the Open Public Records Act

    March 14, 2024April 12, 2024
  • We need to fix OPRA – Let’s start here

    We need to fix OPRA – Let’s start here

    March 14, 2024April 12, 2024
  • They’re doing it because they can: Democratic leadership in N.J. Legislature seems determined to curtail the public’s rights to know

    They’re doing it because they can: Democratic leadership in N.J. Legislature seems determined to curtail the public’s rights to know

    March 14, 2024March 27, 2024
  • Testimony of state’s top watchdog on concerns about N.J. Open Public Records bill

    Testimony of state’s top watchdog on concerns about N.J. Open Public Records bill

    March 13, 2024March 27, 2024
  • Cartoon: How the N.J. Legislature wants to celebrate Sunshine Week

    Cartoon: How the N.J. Legislature wants to celebrate Sunshine Week

    March 10, 2024March 27, 2024
  • Congressman Andy Kim voices opposition to proposed N.J. legislation that puts public records access in peril

    Congressman Andy Kim voices opposition to proposed N.J. legislation that puts public records access in peril

    March 9, 2024March 27, 2024
  • N.J. Senate to kick off National Sunshine Week with bill that guts Open Public Records Act, ‘brings darkness’ instead

    N.J. Senate to kick off National Sunshine Week with bill that guts Open Public Records Act, ‘brings darkness’ instead

    March 5, 2024March 29, 2024
  • State’s top watchdog makes his mark during first four years in office

    State’s top watchdog makes his mark during first four years in office

    March 5, 2024December 1, 2025
  • Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy face off in first N.J. Senate debate

    Andy Kim and Tammy Murphy face off in first N.J. Senate debate

    February 19, 2024March 27, 2024
  • Spending on environmental lobbying on the rise during Biden administration

    Spending on environmental lobbying on the rise during Biden administration

    February 19, 2024March 29, 2024
  • Three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates call for ballot reform in N.J. primary race

    Three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates call for ballot reform in N.J. primary race

    February 8, 2024March 27, 2024
  • Help us reach our end-of-year fundraising goal and support more investigative reporting in N.J.

    December 28, 2023March 27, 2024
  • Update on our new ‘county chronicler’ program to document county meetings across N.J.

    Update on our new ‘county chronicler’ program to document county meetings across N.J.

    December 28, 2023December 28, 2023
  • Image of driver with face blurred

    Republican bill would restrict disclosure of police body camera recordings in N.J., require consent of each subject in footage (Updated)

    December 28, 2023December 31, 2023
  • OPRAmachine founder to step down, hand reins to New Brunswick Today editor

    OPRAmachine founder to step down, hand reins to New Brunswick Today editor

    December 28, 2023December 28, 2023
  • N.J. lawmakers appear to be hitting pause on rewriting Open Public Records Act; bill targeting ‘commercial requestors’ still possible in lame-duck session

    N.J. lawmakers appear to be hitting pause on rewriting Open Public Records Act; bill targeting ‘commercial requestors’ still possible in lame-duck session

    December 17, 2023December 20, 2023
  • Jersey Vindicator announces new volunteer program to document county commission meetings across the state

    Jersey Vindicator announces new volunteer program to document county commission meetings across the state

    December 13, 2023
  • Jersey Vindicator announces new volunteer program to document county commission meetings across the state

    Jersey Vindicator announces new volunteer program to document county commission meetings across the state

    December 13, 2023March 27, 2024
  • Jersey Vindicator chosen for Google News Initiative startup lab

    December 12, 2023December 15, 2023
  • N.J. legislators targeting Open Public Records Act for revisions during lame-duck session

    N.J. legislators targeting Open Public Records Act for revisions during lame-duck session

    November 2, 2023November 25, 2023
  • Top-rated charities providing aid in the Gaza–Israel Conflict

    October 13, 2023October 15, 2023
  • New Jersey jails are still putting young prisoners in solitary confinement, failing to follow ‘historic’ 2019 law

    New Jersey jails are still putting young prisoners in solitary confinement, failing to follow ‘historic’ 2019 law

    October 9, 2023April 11, 2025
  • Is your mayor, council, school board, or county commission lobbying to weaken N.J.’s Open Public Records Act?

    Is your mayor, council, school board, or county commission lobbying to weaken N.J.’s Open Public Records Act?

    September 16, 2023March 17, 2024
  • Flemington man pleads guilty in securities fraud scheme

    August 30, 2023March 27, 2024
  • N.J. Attorney General identifies man killed by police officer in Jersey City

    August 29, 2023
  • Feds: N.J. broker scammed grieving U.S. Army families out of $3.5 Million in death benefits

    July 8, 2023March 29, 2024
  • Grand Jury indicts New Jersey Department of Corrections police officer for official misconduct

    July 8, 2023
  • N.J. Division on Civil Rights issues violation notices to 30 housing providers for failing to comply with the Fair Chance in Housing Act

    July 5, 2023August 29, 2023
  • U.S. Attorney: Gloucester City business owner sentenced to 30 months in prison for payroll tax fraud and pandemic loan fraud

    June 27, 2023March 27, 2024
  • Know the background of your broker or investment adviser before you invest your money

    June 14, 2023March 27, 2024
  • State comptroller: Decisions by New Jersey City University leaders thrust school into financial crisis

    May 20, 2023March 27, 2024

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