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Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News …FIRED UP. Women of color here in the state are organizing, mobilizing and making their voices heard and, on a mission, to elect the first BLACK female President; PLUS, questions swirling around a police involved shooting of a woman in Fort Lee that family say was having a mental health crisis; Also, PIPELINE BLOCKED… a federal appeals court struck down the construction of a controversial natural gas line here in New Jersey; And, "SILENT KILLER’"...the rise in heat-related deaths in the state, what are the warning signs?
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News …VOTER REGISTRATION SURGE….Young voters here in the state inspired by the change at the top of the democratic ticket are signing up to vote; Plus, REPLACING MENENDEZ, Governor Murphy facing growing pressure to pick Congressman Andy Kim to fill the seat of the resigning senior senator to give New Jersey a leg up on legislation; Also, TRANSIT TROUBLES … NJ Transit issues are not only the roads and rails as employees raise new allegations of abuse and harassment on the job; And, a state investigation finds discrimination against disabled students merely trying to attend class in Trenton…
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Monday Jul 29, 2024
Tonight, on NJ Spotlight News…A SUMMER SURGE of COVID-19 cases here in New Jersey and across the country, as new variants emerge; Plus, despite NOW having a woman at the top of the democratic ticket but the push to boost women in politics appears to have stalled; Also, new urgency here in the state to help the homeless after the Supreme Court guts protections for the unhoused; And, a pair of New Jersey swimmers score medals for Team U-S-A in Paris…as the games get underway.
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.
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