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Going Back
Fairfield Sun Times - Montana
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Before school started, my parents hauled me out to Oakfield Elementary School to take a photo. In those days, during the summer, no one mowed the grass. Then, before school started, a nearby farmer would bush-hog the school yard, which chased away...
Morris County school board votes to limit access to LGBTQ book
Daily Record - New Jersey
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North Jersey schools are in the middle of their summer break, but the controversy over LGBTQ-themed books in their libraries rages on, at least in one Morris County town. In Roxbury, a closely divided school board voted on July 14 to remove the...
United and Committed to Issues Important To New Jersey Residents
InsiderNJ - New Jersey
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United and Committed to Issues Important To New Jersey Residents Morristown, NJ (July 10, ’25) Underscoring the importance of electing a Democratic governor committed to prioritizing the needs of New Jersey families, a unified group of prominent...
Jamaica Organization of New Jersey Honors Community Leaders
South Florida Caribbean News
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July 11, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC – The annual Awards of Excellence and Independence Gala kicks off Jamaica Organization of New Jersey (JON-J) activities celebrations marking Jamaica’s 63rd year of independence, which is observed August 6. On Saturday, July 19,...
Disgraced ex-congressman Santos begins 7-year prison term
The Sun Daily
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July 25, 2025
FAIRTON, NEW JERSEY: Disgraced former US congressman George Santos surrendered to authorities on Friday to begin serving a seven-year prison sentence. The 37-year-old ex-lawmaker, expelled from Congress in 2023, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and...
Trump administration aims to use South Jersey military base to detain immigrants
Philly Voice
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July 18, 2025
The Trump administration plans to use a military base in South Jersey to detain undocumented immigrants as part of its rapidly expanding enforcement program, federal officials told state lawmakers this week. In a July 15 memo to U.S. Rep. Herb...
Gov. Murphy signs three bills officials say will expand early childhood education access in New Jersey
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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TRENTON, Nj. – Today, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed three bills he says will bolster access to early childhood education in the Garden State. Officials say the bills build on a multi-year, administration-wide effort to expand access to...
At tense hearing, GOP attacks immigrant aid groups and fends off accusations of anti-Catholicism
Religion News Service
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July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A House hearing called to examine the Biden White House’s immigration policy and the actions of nonprofits that aid migrants — including faith-based groups — devolved into partisan chaos on Wednesday (July 17), as Democrats...
Atlantic County, New Jersey, Update On Fatal Car Crashes
WPG Talk Radio - New Jersey
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July 11, 2025
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is making progress regarding the focus of fatal car crashes. It’s called: County of Atlantic Reduction and Enforcement for Fatal Crashes (CARE for Fatal Crashes). Launches Second Operation The Atlantic...
Why So Many People At My New Jersey Prison Support Trump
The Progressive Magazine
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July 10, 2025
After Donald Trump was elected to a second presidential term last November, someone in my housing unit at New Jersey State Prison (NJSP) shouted: “Here we go again!” The very next day, one of my neighbors, Rosario “Russ” Miraglia, said with a...
Burlington County Military Base Will Be Used To House Undocumented Immigrants
Daily Voice
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July 18, 2025
In a letter to Rep. Herb Conaway, D-N.J., Hegseth said Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Burlington County will be used by the Department of Homeland Security to house undocumented immigrants. This decision "will not negatively affect military...
Hegseth: Camp Atterbury to be used for immigrant detention
WISH 8 - Indiana
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July 18, 2025
(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth outlined the plan in a July 15 letter to Congressional...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms Indiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used for immigrant detention
WTHR - Indiana
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It remains unclear when detainees might begin arriving at the Edinburgh facility or how many individuals could be housed there. EDINBURGH, Ind. — Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed...
Alien detainees linked with crime may be sent to Joint Base
Ocean County Leader - New Jersey
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July 25, 2025
Chris Smith U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 4th district | Official U.S. House HeadshotChris Smith U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 4th district | Official U.S. House Headshot “Would it be better to have the people...
Camp Atterbury will be used for immigrant detention
KPC Media Group - Indiana
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth outlined the plan in a July 15 letter to Congressional members, naming Camp...
Employees choose New Jersey’s Best Places to Work for 2025
NJBIZ - New Jersey
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July 10, 2025
The basics: 2025 Best Places to Work in NJ list based on confidential employee feedback Honorees span small, medium and large employers Final rankings to be revealed Sept. 25 at iPlay America There’s no better judge of the Best Places to Work in...
Exploring the Impact of Continuing Legal Education Ethics Instruction on Reducing Allegations of Attorney Professional Misconduct in New Jersey
Law.com
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On Jan. 1, 2010, the New Jersey Supreme Court initiated a new program which mandated that every judge and attorney in the state complete 24 hours of continuing legal education instruction on a biennial basis. Among those hours were to be at least...
Pallone Demands Trump Admin Release $162 Million Illegally Withheld from New Jersey Public Schools
InsiderNJ - New Jersey
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July 10, 2025
Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-6) today demanded the immediate release of $162 million in federal funding that the Trump Administration is illegally withholding from New Jersey’s public schools. In a letter sent to Trump Budget Director Russell...
Defense letter confirms Indiana’s Camp Atterbury to be used for immigrant detention
South Bend Tribune - Indiana
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Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to house immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth outlined the plan in a July 15 letter to Congressional members, naming Camp Atterbury and...
Here’s how New Jersey’s congressional and legislative districts voted in the Democratic primary for governor
New Jersey Globe
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July 10, 2025
What might this year’s Democratic gubernatorial primary tell us about future primaries for Congress and the State Legislature in New Jersey? That’s an incredibly thorny question to answer – but if one wants to attempt to do it, data on how each...