The Latest Breaking News from New Jersey

Car insurance premiums based on job, education can ding low-wage workers

New Jersey resident Anna “Cuqui” Rivera, a high school graduate who works as a labor and civil rights activist and moonlights as a DJ, was paying almost $3,000 annually for auto insurance with one of the big companies. Now, she pays almost $2,000 less for coverage on her 2016 Jeep.

Tribune News Service · Jul 3, 2023

Chris Christie calls Trump-DeSantis nomination feud ‘a teenage food fight’

Former New Jersey governor speaks out after bizarre video from Florida’s governor and ‘juvenile’ nicknames from the ex-president

The Guardian - US · Jul 3, 2023

Tax break for offshore wind developer Orsted moves ahead in New Jersey Legislature

A bill that would let Danish offshore wind developer Orsted keep tax credits that it otherwise would have to return to New Jersey ratepayers moved closer to approval Friday as it was passed by the state Assembly

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

‘This is the existential crisis’: A push for climate change education

When wildfires and smoke swept through Oregon in 2020, Lyra Johnson’s family made plans to evacuate their home near Portland. Johnson, then 14, was told she might have to quickly learn to drive — despite not having a license — in order to get her grandmother to safety.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2023

Shortening of internet gambling future stuns Atlantic City casinos

Atlantic City’s casinos are trying to understand why New Jersey lawmakers plan to drastically shorten the length of time that internet gambling can be conducted in the state

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

New Jersey is about to be the only state where customers can’t pump their own gas, thanks to a new Oregon law

For years, New Jersey was basically the only state in the country that wouldn’t let customers pump their own gas. The exception was some parts of Oregon that were also holding out on a ban. But that’s about to change.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 28, 2023

Trump says it was just ‘bravado’ when he claimed having Iran attack plan in caught-on-tape Bedminster meeting

Former President Donald Trump claims he was only spouting “bravado” and wasn’t actually showing off “highly classified” plans to attack Iran in a caught-on-tape 2021 meeting with book researchers at his New Jersey golf resort.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Belgium-based Solvay to pay $393M to clean up and compensate for PFAS contamination in New Jersey

A Belgium-based chemical company will spend nearly $393 million under a settlement to clean up contamination from its so-called forever chemicals in New Jersey’s drinking water and soil and to compensate for the environmental damage they caused

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Special Congressional Elections Reach Record High In 2010s

Increase in special elections seen in both House and Senate, driven by various factors

Zenger · Jun 28, 2023

Lawyer tied to rapes by DNA left on drinking glass is accused of 5 more attacks

A New Jersey lawyer recently charged with sexually assaulting four women in Boston 15 years ago has been indicted on suspicion of five additional attacks during the same time period

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023