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Wednesday May 17, 2023
Wednesday May 17, 2023
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News….DEADLINE LOOMING as White House debt ceiling talks end again with no deal in sight. Forcing the President to cut his overseas trip short, while lawmakers in Trenton grapple with budget talks after learning they have a billion dollars LESS to play with; And, outside the State house…PUSH BACK against corporate tax cuts in favor of helping lower income families make ends meet; Also, a JUDICIAL VACANCY CRISIS, 2500 lawyers and judges descend on Atlantic City to strategize future judicial openings; And, families can now request an AUTISM LICENSE DESIGNATION for their loved ones to ease interactions with law enforcement officers.
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News….New Jersey’s MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS is at the top of the Governor’s agenda…as experts gather to tackle bullying, loneliness and the effects of COVID isolation; ANOTHER BLOW to Governor Murphy’s gun laws, the State Attorney General calling the judge's ruling is “devastating to public safety;” Also, a former Newark cop goes ON TRIAL today for manslaughter after a 2019 car chase…a jury decides if it was an excessive use of force or, self protection; And, amid a statewide nursing shortage, PROTEST ERUPTS over the suspension of 9 nurses for “illegal” union activity.
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Education culture wars erupt as conservative activists rally for parental rights outside the state house in Trenton; Governor Murphy chooses Michael Noriega as his nominee for the vacant Supreme Court seat; A new report by the Rutgers Center for Women and Work details the child care crisis in New Jersey; Senator Bob Menendez introduces legislation to counter New York's controversial congestion pricing plan; The FDA eases restrictions for gay and bisexual men to donate blood in the midst of a blood shortage; Writers in New Jersey head to Columbia High School in Maplewood to picket outside a film shoot for a new Hulu series.
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Title 42, the controversial southern border policy adopted under President Trump, expires. Why advocates say the Biden administration's new rules are even stricter; The US is asking its allies for Russian spies to use as potential bargaining chips to get Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich released; State health leaders consider updating their infectious disease plan, and some are concerned it could mean more vaccine mandates in schools; We highlight Mom2Mom - a 24/7 hotline to support moms of children with special needs; Fishermen push back on new restrictions for catching striped sea bass, claiming it won't help restock the population; New details about a meteorite that crashed through the roof of a Central Jersey home.
Thursday May 11, 2023
Thursday May 11, 2023
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…The federal COVID health emergency IS OVER, but the disease is far from gone–especially among those not fully vaccinated; At the statehouse, nurses say they’re FED UP with proposed staffing ratios and fear it could put patient’s lives in jeopardy; Plus, why were dozens of COPS FIRED, demoted and hundreds more suspended? The Attorney General’s latest law enforcement disciplinary report is out; And Newark is taking treatment for mental health and substance abuse TO THE STREETS, and we’re along for the ride.
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Wednesday May 10, 2023
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…NO DEAL in sight after late night White House debt ceiling talks. What would a default mean for New Jersey’s bottom line; Plus, OPEN FOR BUSINESS, the State’s first independently owned recreational pot shop in Raritan begins cashing in on cannabis, as doors open down state for the first Black female cannabis shop owner; Also, new CANCER SCREENING GUIDELINES, recommending mammograms begin as young as 40; And, South Jersey political power broker George Norcross says he’s “STEPPING BACK” from politics, but will he really be out of the party game?
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News scandal-plagued Paterson gets a new TOP COP, looking to calm community unrest after decades of police corruption and mistrust; Plus, CALLING IT QUITS, one of the state’s first female Muslim leaders says she is stepping down after repeated verbal racial attacks; Also, TEXTBOOK BAN, parents descend on a school board meeting in Bernards Township to push back on the banning of a popular high school textbook; And, IMPLOSION CANCELED after neighbors protest the destruction of a famed factory in Fairlawn…
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News a MASS KILLING in Allen, Texas, and multiple shootings here in Newark, is New Jersey safe from guns getting in the wrong hands? Plus, A DONE DEAL, a new contract for 9000 Rutgers faculty and staff, but who is paying the price? Also, CONGESTION PRICING FEARS as the reality of a $23 toll to enter Lower Manhattan is one step closer. And LIGHTS OUT, what the Writer’s Guild Strike could mean for New Jersey’s booming TV and film business?
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
Tonight on NJ Spotlight News: Attorney General Matt Platkin holds a community listening session in Paterson in the wake of the state takeover of the city's police department; One New Jersey representative is introducing bipartisan legislation to fund the country's smallest police departments to help with training and recruitment; The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency three years after the start of the pandemic; New Jersey congressional representatives appeal to New York Governor Kathy Hochul to stop plans for congestion pricing for cars entering lower Manhattan; one of the key players in the infamous Bridgegate scandal talks with Joanna Gagis after securing a legal victory years after the George Washington Bridge controversy.
Thursday May 04, 2023
Thursday May 04, 2023
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News the city of Newark is reeling after a shooting overnight that killed three, including and 8-year-old boy, according to authorities; One of the keys to combating police misconduct here in New Jersey is a system for REPORTING police misconduct - put into place by New Jersey’s former Attorney General Gurbir Grewal 3 years ago. But a new report from the State Comptroller found that MOST police departments failed to comply with the internal affairs mandates; Across the country, more than 100 thousand registered nurses left the profession during the pandemic, and another 600-thousand plan to leave in the next 4 years, according to a recent report by National Council of State Boards of Nursing. It’s led to a nursing shortage that’s especially bad here in New Jersey; And only 14% of eighth graders are proficient in U.S. history – and just 22% are proficient in civics. Those statistics come from a report issued by a national school’s assessment called The Nation’s Report Card. What’s even more concerning, this is the lowest score ever recorded since the assessment began in 1994, New Jersey at least mandates middle schoolers to learn to civics.
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