Like much else in America these days, the pandemic response has been politicized. That encourages deviation from scientific best practices, bu…
The federal government is divided over setting a $15 minimum wage everywhere in America, regardless of the cost of living. The Murphy administ…
People throughout history have dumped all kinds of waste into the nearest waterway. When they discovered some of the dumpsites that got certai…
The administration of Gov. Phil Murphy and his fellow Democrats controlling the Legislature didn’t address the issue of underage use of mariju…
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Plenty of people remember when all of the beaches in South Jersey were free — no tags needed. That was the case until 1971, when Stone Harbor …
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New Jersey government — its Legislature and the Murphy administration — just can’t seem to throw enough money at its pals in the solar industry.
A century ago transplanting organs to save lives was the stuff of fiction. Not until 1954 did a living person donate an organ successfully tra…
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New Jersey residents pour tens of billions of dollars a year into their state government. For that kind of money, they should get at least min…
Vocational-technical schools prepare students for skilled jobs. Those in South Jersey typically rank among New Jersey’s highest performing sch…
An impending big change about which too little is known is sure to give rise to worry and fear. That seems to be the case with state and indus…
For months there has been a broad medical science consensus that schools should be open and students are significantly harmed when they’re closed.
Atlantic City government the past year developed good regulations to rein in the large online room rental industry. Residents made clear the n…
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The Legislature unsurprisingly is making a broad effort to evaluate the COVID deaths of so many long-term-care residents in New Jersey and pla…
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Dining outdoors is as safe as dining can get during the COVID-19 pandemic. The open air ventilation makes transmission of the virus negligible.
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Visitors and vacationers drive the Jersey Shore’s economy and fuel the dominant hospitality industry that serves them. The region took a beati…
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