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What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week –06/15/2024

Murphy Fails Big on Lead Exposure, NJ Spotlighted in War On Transparency, Police Powers Expand, Teachers Union Makes Move on Governor Seat, Bayer Develops New Treatment for Menopause Symptoms, NJ Home Prices Continue to Rise More than 250,000 NJ Students Exposed to Lead The Jersey Vindicator On Sept. 25, 2019, the Bergen Record/USA Today dropped a bombshell: Hundreds of thousands of...
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NJ21st 06/09/2024 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter continues the breakdown of last week’s BOE Meeting with an article from Shauna on Academic Goals and the steps the District is taking to continue progress on improving academic proficiency. Shauna follows up with a response to Town Council Member Susan Poage’s article regarding the...
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What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week –06/08/2024

Murphy Spins Victim Narrative on OPRA, Kevin Walsh Continues to Kick Ass- this time it’s the DOC,  NJEA Secretary Treasurer Potentially Violates Law, NJ PharmCo Cutting Jobs, Lawmakers Take on Medicinal “Mushrooms”   Murphy Spins Victim Narrative of Power Brokers and Political Insiders in Defense of Destroying OPRA NJ Monitor The press, transparency groups, good government advocates, and state officials...
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NJ21st 06/02/2024 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. This week’s newsletter starts with a packed and significant 05/30/2024 BOE Meeting that saw the appointment of a new member to the Board of Education, significant approvals connected to programming and staffing, and proposed changes to impactful policies. We move on to another pretty funny (or sad) OPRA...
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NJ21st 05/26/2024 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. We start our newsletter with a brief recap of the year and our reasons for continuing this year. This week, we saw some incredible narratives spun in the community about the Superintendent Search and revisionist history on votes connected to Mr. Nixon’s appointment as Acting Superintendent. Our newsletter...
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What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week –05/25/2024

NJ OSC Holds State Police Accountable, Public Education Coalition Comes Out Against OPRA Bill, Bramnick Advances Bill on Money Transfers, Middle-Class Tougher to Get Into, Birth Control More Accessible in NJ   Kevin Walsh – Open Government Disco Master- Calls Out State Police for Failing to Address Racial Profiling NJ Office of State Comptroller This review has identified a decade-long...
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NJ21st 05/19/2024 Newsletter

What’s Important to Know About Our Local & State Government This Week…. April and May are turning out to be two strong months for incoming subscribers to our various platforms and newsletters. We’ve also experienced increased interest from residents in other communities, which has prompted us to extend our reach and open our platforms to any community in the 21st...
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