The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that New Jersey and New York are now seeing the highest spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. “In some areas of the country, the estimates of Omicron are even higher including in New York and New Jersey, where CDC projects that Omicron could represent about 13…
CDC: New York, New Jersey See Highest Spread of Omicron Variant in US
Democrat Governor: Americans ‘Sick of Masks,’ Vaccine Mandates
Weeks after surviving a narrow statewide election, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy acknowledged that Democrat Party support is waning because Americans are “sick of masks” and mandates. When asked about his closer-than-expected victory over Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli, Murphy explained that New Jersey residents “feel like government is not connecting with them.” “They’re sick…
New Jersey Taxpayers ‘On the Hook’ for Massive Debt: Report
New Jersey has huge, possibly dangerous, levels of debt, a new report says, but most state officials won’t discuss it. Each Garden State taxpayer owes tens of thousands of dollars and is in a tax “sinkhole,” but so are many other Americans, according to the report. That is because New Jersey leaders of both parties…
New Jersey Acting AG Restricts Police Use of No-Knock Warrants
New Jersey acting Attorney General Andrew Bruck on Tuesday issued a directive that restricts the use of “no-knock” warrants by police. Citing “dire consequences” for the safety of both law enforcement officers and residents, Bruck said his directive (pdf) seeks to further regulate the “already-rare application” of no-knock warrants in New Jersey, and establish approval and…
New Jersey GOP Lawmakers Defied COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
A number of New Jersey Republican lawmakers defied a new policy to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test in order to enter the Assembly chamber in New Jersey Statehouse. Some state Assembly Republicans refused to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test result required by a new policy effective Dec. 2 and…
Off-Duty Officer Fatally Struck Nurse, Drove to Mom’s House With Body in Car: Officials
An off-duty New Jersey police officer was arrested after allegedly killing a nurse with his vehicle before transporting her body away from the scene before returning it, prosecutors say. Louis Santiago, 25, was alleged to have struck and killed nurse Damian Dymka, who was walking on the side of the Garden State Parkway at around 3 a.m….
Supreme Court Allows New Jersey to Quit Waterfront Commission
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a lower court ruling that allows New Jersey to unilaterally withdraw from a powerful bistate commission that was created to monitor corruption at the storied Port of New York and New Jersey. The case is Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor v. Murphy, court file 20-772. The port’s reckoning with…
New Jersey Introduces Law to Ban Teaching Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
Two state Republican senators introduced legislation on Tuesday that would prohibit teaching critical race theory in New Jersey public schools. Sens. Michael Testa and Joe Pennacchio introduced a bill that would prevent critical race theory (CRT) from being taught in New Jersey public schools, according to a statement. The bill would also prohibit public school…
‘Our Work Is Not Done’: Ciattarelli Conceded New Jersey Gubernatorial Race to Incumbent Governor
New Jersey’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli conceded on Friday after the election results showed that he lost the race to incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy. “Our work is not done,” Ciattarelli said at the press conference on Friday in Raritan, New Jersey–Ciattarelli’s hometown. When asked by a reporter about his future plans, Ciattarelli, a former…
‘Our Work Is Not Done’: Ciattarelli Concedes New Jersey Gubernatorial Race to Incumbent Governor
New Jersey’s Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli conceded on Friday after the election results showed that he lost the race to incumbent Democrat Phil Murphy. “Our work is not done,” Ciattarelli said at the press conference on Friday in Raritan, New Jersey–Ciattarelli’s hometown. When asked by a reporter about his future plans, Ciattarelli, a former…
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