To all the last-minute voters (and family members, you know who you are) asking me, who should I vote for?
I'll never tell you who to vote for, but I'll always encourage you to make an informed decision.
Get all the info you need from @njspotlightnews.org at
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It's not just the race for governor on the ballot, NJ. Many voters can also vote for mayor, city council and their local school boards. School boards have a big impact on how local schools are governed and how taxpayer money is spent. @njspotlightnews.org

Children, some of whom arrived in the country alone, often face the uncertainty and fear of appearing in immigration court without an attorney, since they do not have the same right to a court-appointed lawyer that U.S. citizens do. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/08/chil...

The hardest working news team in the business preparing to bring you live coverage of New Jersey primary elections. @njspotlightnews.org

BREAKING: union sources report NJTransit and striking engineers union have reached a deal, in the third day of a strike by locomotive engineers. @govmurphy.bsky.social and agency CEO Kris Kolluri have announced a news conference at 7:45. @njspotlightnews.org will carry the livestream live

NJ Transit has had to manage many challenges, including uncertain state funding, inflation, ridership that has yet to fully recover from pandemic shocks and the costly assumption of bus lines dropped in recent years by private carriers.
Now it has a labor crisis.
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Friday was the first day of the NJ Transit train engineers’ historic strike. “Making it work” was the phrase of the day, as tens of thousands of commuters sought alternative ways to reach their destinations.

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BREAKING: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested outside Delaney Hall on Friday, a member of his staff confirmed to NJ Spotlight News.

On this week's episode of "Hey, NJ," we recap some recent departmental budget hearings in Trenton.

You may think that sounds boring, but it's not! We looked at the real-life community impact beyond the tax dollars.

Let me know what you think: lnkd.in/eyaQWVYq

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NJ Sen. Cory Booker is about to break the Senate record for the longest speech, held by Strom Thurmond, who spoke against civil rights legislation for 24 hours and 18 minutes in 1957. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/04/nj-s...

Best known as President Trump's personal lawyer in some of his recent trials, Alina Habba has vowed revenge on elected Democrats and others who cross the president. “If anybody thinks Elon was bad, wait for me,” she said. “I’m coming for New Jersey.”