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Exempting casinos from the New Jersey Smoke-Free Air Act was a loophole always meant to be closed, writes ex-Sen. Loretta Weinberg. (Photo by Dana DiFilippo/New Jersey…
Massive changes to health care policy are coming to New Jersey, largely thanks to federal policy shifts pushed by the Trump administration. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New…
The state has paid 44% more for prisoners’ health care over the last two decades, even as the prison population has fallen by half. (Photo by…
Raynard Washington is Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s pick to lead the state Department of Health. (Washington photo courtesy of the Department of Health/Statehouse photo by Hal Brown)With…
Camden Incinerator Permit Renewal Process Underscores Limits of Regulation, Lack of Alternatives, Community Health Concerns
Covanta (now Reworld) waste-to-energy facility in Camden City, August 2023. Credit: Matt Skoufalos. As Reworld Camden seeks to renew its operating permit in Camden City, residents…
President Donald Trump addresses the Detroit Economic Club at the MotorCity Casino on Jan. 13, 2025. (Photo by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump outlined…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks as U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., looks on during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on…
A Bergen County sheriff’s officer and disabled Air Force veteran claims in a lawsuit that the sheriff’s office tried to fire him over a mental health…
Moderate US House Republicans join Dems to force vote on extension of health care subsidies
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Republican leaders in the U.S. House who have struggled to…
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., answers questions from reporters after chairing a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo…
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