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Jersey City taxpayers are confronting an unprecedented fiscal crisis that follows years of steep, abrupt reductions in state school aid. Hundreds of millions were already stripped…

OPINION Last week, our country bore witness to the depths of ICE’s cruelty. We saw a masked agent shoot into a vehicle that was driving away,…

Many New Jersey families are holding their breath financially. Layoffs are ticking up and everyday expenses like groceries, utilities and rent keep climbing. For households already…

OPINION By the time most legislators arrive in Trenton, they’ve long since left the institutions their bills regulate. Rosy Bagolie has not. Each morning in East Newark, Bagolie greets students…

By Mitchell ZimmermanAt least four U.S. Supreme Court justices recently signaled their apparent agreement with Donald Trump’s effort to roll back the Fourteenth Amendment’s definition of…

By Carolyn BeauchampOne in five people in the United States experiences mental illness every year, yet care remains out of reach for millions of people.Nearly every…

OPINION The recent news that Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield will pay New Jersey $100 million to settle claims it overcharged the state is a staggering…

Now that our New Jersey Gubernatorial election is over (and the campaign signs have mostly been removed from roadways), well over 3.2 million New Jerseyans voted for either…

We have been through a lot, most notably during and following “The Covid Years,” with challenges, I feel secure in concluding, we couldn’t have anticipated.  We…

OPINION After weeks of tense negotiations, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration and public-sector unions announced what they’re calling a “compromise” to avoid massive health benefit contribution hikes.…