Daniel Munoz
@danielmunoz201.bsky.social
Business #reporter for The Bergen Record and USA Today Network-New Jersey. Email: munozd@northjersey.com
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Daniel Munoz
@danielmunoz201.bsky.social
· Nov 16
First post on Bluesky. Got a news tip? Message me here or email me at munozd@northjersey.com #newjerseynews #newjersey
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Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
With inflation, ease of online shopping and uncertainty with Trump's tariffs, Black Friday 'door-busters' are expected to be a thing of the past #BlackFridayDeals #holidayseason #holidayshopping #Amazon #primeday #NewJerseyNews #newjersey
Can NJ malls thrive this holiday season despite tariffs? Will stores still be hiring?
With tariffs and inflation in mind, New Jersey consumers are hunting for holiday deals. Here's what retail analysts expect for the 2025 season.
www.northjersey.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
With inflation, ease of online shopping and uncertainty with Trump's tariffs, Black Friday 'door-busters' are expected to be a thing of the past #BlackFridayDeals #holidayseason #holidayshopping #Amazon #primeday #NewJerseyNews #newjersey
Writing a story for @gqmagazine.bsky.social looking to interview men with binge-eating disorder who tried weight loss drugs, #GLP1's like #ozempic, #wegovy, #mounjaro or #zepbound.
What's your experience been; good, bad, unexpected results, no difference? Email me at djmunoz101@gmail.com
What's your experience been; good, bad, unexpected results, no difference? Email me at djmunoz101@gmail.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Developers, local town of Woodcliff Lake propose nearly 400 apartment units, retail and half-acre park for former BMW land #redevelopment #housing #NewJersey #news #newjerseynews
Here's how much housing, retail is proposed for former BMW property in Woodcliff Lake
Russo Development has proposed the project, which could cost up to $300 million and include 74 units of affordable housing.
www.northjersey.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Developers, local town of Woodcliff Lake propose nearly 400 apartment units, retail and half-acre park for former BMW land #redevelopment #housing #NewJersey #news #newjerseynews
Despite shrinking union numbers, NJ labor unions have notched some wins in recent years
#Union #LaborDay
#Union #LaborDay
Despite shrinking union numbers, NJ labor groups have had recent bargaining success
Recent strikes or strike threats by NJ Transit engineers, port workers, nurses and Rutgers professors have brought contract wins.
www.northjersey.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
American Dream megamall in #NJ sued over decision to keep retail open on Sundays in spite of local blue laws #NewJersey #newjerseynews #news #newjerseylife #malls
Paramus sues American Dream for ignoring blue laws by staying open Sundays
Bergen County's blue laws prohibit the sale of nonessential items such as furniture, appliances and clothing within the county on Sundays.
www.northjersey.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
American Dream megamall in #NJ sued over decision to keep retail open on Sundays in spite of local blue laws #NewJersey #newjerseynews #news #newjerseylife #malls
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Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
August 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Rock Looked Way Cooler Wet
Figures like Trump and NJ Gov. Phil Murphy want to boost domestic manufacturing with vastly different strategies. But the prospect has a long road ahead
#tariffs #Trump #nj #newjersey #newjerseynews #manufacturing
#tariffs #Trump #nj #newjersey #newjerseynews #manufacturing
Can Trump tariffs, state aid spur NJ manufacturing resurgence? There are many hurdles
New Jersey officials are eyeing several efforts, including a massive $500 million incentive program meant to entice more products to be "Made in NJ."
www.northjersey.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Figures like Trump and NJ Gov. Phil Murphy want to boost domestic manufacturing with vastly different strategies. But the prospect has a long road ahead
#tariffs #Trump #nj #newjersey #newjerseynews #manufacturing
#tariffs #Trump #nj #newjersey #newjerseynews #manufacturing
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Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case
Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...
www.propublica.org
August 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Greystar was using rent-setting algorithms from software company RealPage, the subject of a 2022 ProPublica investigation that showed the firm was helping landlords decide prices in a way that legal experts said could result in cartel-like behavior.
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
By @heathervogell.bsky.social
From cleaning service to construction, NJ industries that rely on immigrant labor find themselves struggling for workers amid Trump admin's hardline immigration approach
#news #newjersey #newjerseynews #immigrants #immigrationnews #Trump
#news #newjersey #newjerseynews #immigrants #immigrationnews #Trump
ICE raids are putting NJ industries that rely on immigrants in a bind
NJ has a half-million undocumented people. The raids pose a problem for such industries as child care, construction, landscaping and hospitality.
www.northjersey.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From cleaning service to construction, NJ industries that rely on immigrant labor find themselves struggling for workers amid Trump admin's hardline immigration approach
#news #newjersey #newjerseynews #immigrants #immigrationnews #Trump
#news #newjersey #newjerseynews #immigrants #immigrationnews #Trump
I spoke with the rabbi and members of a Rutherford, NJ congregation - whose synagogue was completely destroyed in a fire last week - about their plans for the future #newjersey #newjerseynews #news #Judaism
As diggers remove charred synagogue rubble, Rutherford congregants attend outdoor service
Holding back tears, Rabbi Yitzchok Lerman of Congregation Beth El in Rutherford recounted his family's narrow escape from burning synagogue.
www.northjersey.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I spoke with the rabbi and members of a Rutherford, NJ congregation - whose synagogue was completely destroyed in a fire last week - about their plans for the future #newjersey #newjerseynews #news #Judaism
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Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
‘My favorite place in the entire world’: Camp Mystic inspired generations of Texas women
Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday.
www.tpr.org
July 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Nearly 30 campers at the 99-year-old Hill Country institution are still missing after flooding devastated the area on Friday. via @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
Looking to interview recent NJ college grads on their job-searching experience. Has it been seamless to a job offer, or sending out hundreds of resumes and ghosted after job interviews? If interested, email munozd@northjersey.com.
#college #jobseekers #Careers #NewJersey #NJ
#college #jobseekers #Careers #NewJersey #NJ
June 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Looking to interview recent NJ college grads on their job-searching experience. Has it been seamless to a job offer, or sending out hundreds of resumes and ghosted after job interviews? If interested, email munozd@northjersey.com.
#college #jobseekers #Careers #NewJersey #NJ
#college #jobseekers #Careers #NewJersey #NJ
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According to gardening experts, New Jersey is getting warmer, and for those with a green thumb, that carries the headache of new plants and new bugs that threaten them. Gardeners, nurseries and farmers will have to adjust as time goes on.
www.northjersey.com/story/life/h...
www.northjersey.com/story/life/h...
New Jersey is getting warmer. For gardeners, farmers and nurseries, that means change
According to gardening experts, New Jersey is getting warmer, and that carries the headache of new plants and new bugs that threaten them.
www.northjersey.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
According to gardening experts, New Jersey is getting warmer, and for those with a green thumb, that carries the headache of new plants and new bugs that threaten them. Gardeners, nurseries and farmers will have to adjust as time goes on.
www.northjersey.com/story/life/h...
www.northjersey.com/story/life/h...
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Truckers as well as drivers for such rideshare apps as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and GrubHub could be classified as regular company employees and not freelance workers in New Jersey under a new rule proposed by the state Department of Labor.
www.northjersey.com/story/news/b...
www.northjersey.com/story/news/b...
Under NJ rule, some freelancers, like Uber drivers, could be classified as employees
The rules could increase labor costs for businesses that use freelancers. But advocates say they could provide greater benefits to workers
www.northjersey.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Truckers as well as drivers for such rideshare apps as Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and GrubHub could be classified as regular company employees and not freelance workers in New Jersey under a new rule proposed by the state Department of Labor.
www.northjersey.com/story/news/b...
www.northjersey.com/story/news/b...
Additionally, NJ officials said they would stay out of whether American Dream mall should have to follow the Bergen County Sunday blue laws & instead let the courts decide the matter
American Dream told officials it would abide by Bergen blue laws. That's not happening
Multiple public officials interviewed by NorthJersey.com said mall officials assured them they would keep all applicable retail closed on Sundays.
www.northjersey.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Additionally, NJ officials said they would stay out of whether American Dream mall should have to follow the Bergen County Sunday blue laws & instead let the courts decide the matter
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The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
February 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The U.S. has two tsunami warning centers, both operated by NOAA. Employees were terminated from these centers today. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center covers Hawaiʻi, and now it is less safe to be near the beach.
www.tsunami.gov
www.tsunami.gov
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Trump’s second term has been filled w/many changes impacting businesses: tariffs, steep funding/staffing cuts and more. Daniel Munoz, business reporter at The Record, discusses the changes & how NJ’s business community is reacting.
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How Federal Changes Are Impacting New Jersey Businesses | IssuesWatch Podcast
YouTube video by NJCPA
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February 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Trump’s second term has been filled w/many changes impacting businesses: tariffs, steep funding/staffing cuts and more. Daniel Munoz, business reporter at The Record, discusses the changes & how NJ’s business community is reacting.
@northjerseynews.bsky.social @danielmunoz201.bsky.social
@northjerseynews.bsky.social @danielmunoz201.bsky.social
Now there's an actual place where you can scream into the void
'Significant void' found near sinkhole on I-80 in Wharton will require even longer repairs
The Transportation Department found a "significant void" under Route 80 east in Wharton, weeks after a second sinkhole closed the highway.
www.northjersey.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Now there's an actual place where you can scream into the void
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Gov. Murphy laid out his economic goals in 2018. Did he meet them? @danielmunoz201.bsky.social checked into it. www.app.com/story/news/b...
Murphy set some key economic goals for NJ in 2018. How has he done?
The then-first term Democratic governor laid out a series of new incentive programs he said would spur economic growth for New Jersey.
www.app.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Gov. Murphy laid out his economic goals in 2018. Did he meet them? @danielmunoz201.bsky.social checked into it. www.app.com/story/news/b...
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
Judge orders restoration of federal health websites
The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The pages that are set to be revived include information for patients about HIV testing and HIV prevention medication, guidance on contraceptives and data on adolescent and youth mental health.
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We’re done here. Right?
February 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We’re done here. Right?
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AP @apnews.com denied access to White House. For not taking orders on Gulf of Mexico 🤯
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
AP @apnews.com denied access to White House. For not taking orders on Gulf of Mexico 🤯
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
“Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
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BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![TOTE ASTRICT COLOR
DOCTORS FOR AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
Civil Action No. 25-322 (JDB)
OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT et al.,
Defendants.
ORDER
Upon consideration of [6] Plaintiff's motion for a temporary restraining order, [8]
Plaintiff's supplemental declarations, [9] Defendants' opposition, [10] Plaintiff's reply, the
hearing on February 10, 2025, and the entire record herein, and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that
1. Defendants Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control, and Food
and Drug Administration (hereinafter "defendants") shall, by not later than 11:59 pm on
February 11, 2025, restore to their versions as of January 30, 2025, each webpage and dataset
identified by Plaintiff on pages 6-12 of its Memorandum of Law in Support of the Motion for
a Restraining Order [ECF No. 6-1];
2. Defendants shall, in consultation with Plaintiff, identify any other resources that DF A members
rely on to provide medical care and that defendants removed or substantially modified on or
after January 29, 2025, without adequate notice or reasoned explanation; and defendants shall,
by February 14, 2025, restore those resources to their versions as of January 30, 2025;](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifoaihlyxzbiko32lmralzpicfxnzwfoxp3ki5w4wniiihonzxira@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
BREAKING: In response to doctors' lawsuit, Judge John Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, orders CDC, NIH, and FDA to put back up websites and datasets cited by the doctors in their lawsuit as having been relied upon and pulled down without notice. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...