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A fortune awaits forgetful residents at NJ’s unclaimed property office newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-un...
A fortune awaits forgetful residents at NJ's unclaimed property office • New Jersey Monitor
New Jersey is safeguarding $7 billion in unclaimed cash and property. Residents can check for free to see if it's theirs.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A fortune awaits forgetful residents at NJ’s unclaimed property office newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-un...
Oversight visit brings Rep. McIver back to migrant jail at center of her criminal case newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/r...
Oversight visit brings Rep. McIver back to migrant jail at center of her criminal case • New Jersey Monitor
Rep. McIver faces assault charges related to her last visit to the jail on May 9. She toured it again Tuesday, spurred by an inmate's death.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Oversight visit brings Rep. McIver back to migrant jail at center of her criminal case newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/r...
Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/r...
Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release • New Jersey Monitor
The Department of Justice issued a blanket denial that President Donald Trump was involved in Epstein’s crimes.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Trump appears in several files of latest Epstein release newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/r...
NJ Senate approves expanding family leave benefits to more workers newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/n...
NJ Senate approves expanding family leave benefits to more workers • New Jersey Monitor
The bill would expand family leave benefits to workers at companies with as few as 15 workers. Business groups are opposed.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NJ Senate approves expanding family leave benefits to more workers newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/n...
Man at center of murder-for-hire plot says corruption probe was a ‘sham’ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/m...
Man at center of murder-for-hire plot says corruption probe was a 'sham' • New Jersey Monitor
Sean Caddle said in prison interviews that prosecutors never asked him about information he had on wide-ranging political corruption.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Man at center of murder-for-hire plot says corruption probe was a ‘sham’ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/23/m...
Bill banning cellphones in NJ schools heads to governor’s desk newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/c...
Bill banning cellphones in NJ schools heads to governor's desk • New Jersey Monitor
Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this year made banning cellphones in schools a priority of his final year in office.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Bill banning cellphones in NJ schools heads to governor’s desk newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/c...
NJ lawmakers cancel votes on bill to ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/n...
NJ lawmakers cancel votes on bill to ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats • New Jersey Monitor
Supporters of the bill say it would stop the puppy-mill-to-pet-store pipeline. Critics say it would cause pet stores to close.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
NJ lawmakers cancel votes on bill to ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/n...
Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/r...
Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects • New Jersey Monitor
The administration said the projects, off the coasts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, & New York, pose a national security risk.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Trump administration pauses major East Coast offshore wind projects newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/r...
New bill targeting hemp products nears final passage in Legislature newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/b...
New bill targeting hemp products nears final passage in Legislature • New Jersey Monitor
The bill comes weeks after Congress narrowed the definition of hemp in a way that makes many hemp products illegal.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
New bill targeting hemp products nears final passage in Legislature newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/22/b...
41-year-old detainee at Newark migrant jail died in custody, ICE says newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/i...
41-year-old detainee at Newark migrant jail died in custody, ICE says • New Jersey Monitor
Jean Wilson Brutus' death marks the first of a Delaney Hall detainee since the migrant jail opened in Newark earlier this year.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
41-year-old detainee at Newark migrant jail died in custody, ICE says newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/i...
Commentary: New Jersey LGBTQ group ducks questions on leader’s arrest over child abuse claims newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/l...
New Jersey LGBTQ group ducks questions on leader's arrest • New Jersey Monitor
Garden State Equality's director resigned this week after news surfaced of his Nov. 21 arrest. What did its board know about the allegations?
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December 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Commentary: New Jersey LGBTQ group ducks questions on leader’s arrest over child abuse claims newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/l...
Criticism erupts after DOJ official says some Epstein files will emerge after deadline newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/r...
Criticism erupts after DOJ official says some Epstein files will emerge after deadline • New Jersey Monitor
Deputy AG Todd Blanche said his department will release some of the Epstein files on Friday, the deadline, but others will be released later.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Criticism erupts after DOJ official says some Epstein files will emerge after deadline newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/19/r...
Cop’s sick leave moonlighting was not official misconduct, court rules newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/cop-s...
Cop's sick leave moonlighting was not official misconduct, court rules • New Jersey Monitor
An appeals panel vacated a Newark police officer's official misconduct conviction because his second gig had no nexus to police duties.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Cop’s sick leave moonlighting was not official misconduct, court rules newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/cop-s...
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NJ Senate president says he won’t try again to limit comptroller’s power newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-se...
NJ Senate president says he won't try again to limit comptroller's power • New Jersey Monitor
Sen. Nicholas Scutari said he hasn't abandoned his plan to create a NJ inspector general to probe complaints against law enforcement.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
NJ Senate president says he won’t try again to limit comptroller’s power newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nj-se...
New Jersey judicial vacancies set to fall to lowest level in years newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/18/n...
New Jersey judicial vacancies set to fall to lowest level in years • New Jersey Monitor
A Senate panel advanced the nominations of 13 would-be judges whose confirmations would bring court vacancies to new lows.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
New Jersey judicial vacancies set to fall to lowest level in years newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/18/n...
Trump signs order to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, but it’s still illegal newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/18/r...
Trump signs order to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, but it’s still illegal • New Jersey Monitor
President Trump said the move reflected that cannabis could have medicinal value, even if abuse was still possible.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump signs order to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana, but it’s still illegal newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/18/r...
NJ lawmakers advance bill to expand protections for incarcerated women newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/18/n...
NJ lawmakers advance bill to expand protections for incarcerated women • New Jersey Monitor
After brutality and sex abuse scandals at NJ's women's prison, lawmakers advanced a measure to expand protections for incarcerated women.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
NJ lawmakers advance bill to expand protections for incarcerated women newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/18/n...
Trump claims economic turnaround, after blasting Dems’ affordability focus newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/17/r...
Trump claims economic turnaround, after blasting Dems’ affordability focus • New Jersey Monitor
President Donald Trump blamed inflation and health care costs on his predecessor during a prime-time speech Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trump claims economic turnaround, after blasting Dems’ affordability focus newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/17/r...
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/17/r...
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies • New Jersey Monitor
Without a law to extend enhanced ACA marketplace subsidies, roughly 22M Americans will see their health insurance premiums spike next year.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/17/r...
State failed to ensure nursing home background checks, feds say newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/new-j...
State failed to ensure nursing home background checks, feds say • New Jersey Monitor
A federal probe found some New Jersey nursing homes did not complete background checks before employees started working, if ever.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
State failed to ensure nursing home background checks, feds say newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/new-j...
New Jersey enacts new safety standards for frozen embryos and eggs newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/new-j...
New Jersey enacts new safety standards for frozen embryos and eggs • New Jersey Monitor
Health facilities that store frozen human embryos and eggs have new licensing requirements under NJ rules that took effect Monday.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New Jersey enacts new safety standards for frozen embryos and eggs newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/new-j...
Delayed jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 4.6%, jobs up 64,000 newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/16/r... via @stateline.org
Delayed jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 4.6%, jobs up 64,000 • New Jersey Monitor
A shutdown-delayed jobs report released shows an increase of 64,000 jobs in November and unemployment rising to 4.6%, the highest since 2021.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Delayed jobs report: Unemployment ticks up to 4.6%, jobs up 64,000 newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/16/r... via @stateline.org
Bill would require more small businesses to give paid family leave newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/16/n...
Bill would require more small businesses to give paid family leave • New Jersey Monitor
Critics say NJ's paid family leave law should not apply to businesses with fewer than 30 workers. Supporters say workers need the benefit.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Bill would require more small businesses to give paid family leave newjerseymonitor.com/2025/12/16/n...
Senate committee advances bill to end municipal public defender fees newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/senat...
Senate committee advances bill to end municipal public defender fees • New Jersey Monitor
Towns would be barred from charging fees to people using public defenders under the bill. Supporters say the fee burdens poor residents.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Senate committee advances bill to end municipal public defender fees newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/senat...