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Friday Jul 26, 2024
Friday Jul 26, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News …As the calls for a cease-fire intensify… Israel’s Prime Minister makes his case to Biden, Harris AND Trump; Plus, Kamala Harris’s run for President breaks new ground for South Asians here in the state; Also, the Attorney General on HIS vision for reshaping how the justice system handles young offenders; And, CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS … building flood protection all along New Jersey’s coast
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Thursday Jul 25, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…PASSING THE TORCH to a new generation. President Biden explains to the nation his reason for stepping aside; As New Jerseyans react to Vice President Kamala Harris now at the top of the ticket; Plus, with an NJ Transit engineer strike looming, riders offer solutions to a summer of TRANSIT TROUBLES; And, for some New Jersey residents filing your income taxes just got easier.
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News …MENENDEZ RESIGNS …it’s now up to Governor Murphy to appoint a replacement to fill the rest of his four month term; Plus, New Jersey republicans map out their strategy to take on Kamala; Also, WAR PROTESTS here and in the Nation’s Capital as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses Congress; And… new efforts to protect jobs for those who need to take FAMILY LEAVE here in the state.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Senator Bob Menendez will resign from the U.S. Senate as his letter of resignation is officially entered into the Senate record; Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman reacts to Sen. Menendez's resignation as well as Vice President Kamala Harris's run for the presidency; New Jersey's Democratic delegates pledge their support for Vice President Kamala Harris; The Center for Women and Politics hosts a forum detailing research on the role of women in politics and the impact of women voters; Governor Murphy signs a bill into law that will protect New Jersey families from falling into deep medical debt.
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: New Jersey Democratic leaders and political analysts weigh in on President Biden's decision to drop out of the presidential race; Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky talks to Joanna Gagis about how her party is reinvigorated behind its support for Vice President Kamala Harris; Federal, state and local leaders team up to introduce legislation to combat federal benefits scams; The state proposes lining the I-95 corridor with electric vehicle charging stations to support the expansion of large commercial electric trucks; Rutgers finance & economics professor Mark Guthner talks to Joanna Gagis about the massive outage caused by a faulty update pushed to computers running Microsoft Windows.
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Wall Street Journal reporter and New Jersey native Evan Gershkovich is sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison after a trial that U.S. officials call a sham; NJ Republican State Committee Chairman Bob Hugin joins the show to discuss former President Donald Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention; Residents of Sen. Bob Menendez's hometown express their disappointment in his guilty verdict and call for him to step down; A massive outage caused by a software update disrupts banks, airports, hospitals and other critical services; Officials say black rocks found along the shore in Keyport tested positive for lead; State health care leaders gather to discuss solutions to improve New Jersey's maternal health outcomes.
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Washington correspondent Ben Hulac discusses the pressure mounting for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign as the Senate Ethics committee investigates his conduct; State leaders and advocates attribute a decline in suspected drug deaths to increased harm reduction efforts; Newly enacted legislation will make about 60,000 more New Jersey students eligible for school meals in September; Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali discusses his efforts to find support to challenge the state's affordable housing law; Union members and labor advocates rally outside a company that operates at Newark airport to demand state heat standards.
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Lawmakers in Washington call on Sen. Bob Menendez to resign after his guilty verdict; State Senator Holly Schepisi and head of Governor Murphy's policy PAC Dan Bryan join Joanna Gagis to discuss the fallout from Sen. Bob Menendez's guilty verdict; Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver joins the show to discuss her special primary election victory in congressional district 10; Leaders in two New Jersey cities consider laws to ban rent-setting algorithms; The Lawnside Historical Society receives federal funding to digitize and modernize its collection of artifacts related to the city's history as a free Black community.
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
A special edition of NJ Spotlight News ... Breaking news today - the jury in the corruption trial of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has handed down a sweeping guilty verdict. 18 counts in total for the Senator and his co-defendants Fred Daibes and Wael Hana that include conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion, obstruction of justice, actions to benefit his co-defendants, AND conspiracy to act as a Foreign Agent and obstruction of justice. The counts coming in, one after the other - GUILTY. 16 counts for Menendez, 7 for Fred Daibes and 6 guilty counts for Will Hana. So, what does this mean for the Senator’s future, for the Democratic party in New Jersey AND the balance of power in our nation’s capital
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News …CALLS FOR ‘UNITY’ … to lower the temperature of our over-charged political climate after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump; Plus - A MID-SUMMER ELECTION - Voters in District 10 head to the polls to replace the late Congressman Donald Payne, Junior in a crowded primary field; Also, soaring temperatures this week as a heat wave grips the Garden State; And, Republicans call for accountability after all of NJ Transit’s severe travel issues this summer.
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