NJ Spotlight News
Business Report: Advocates weigh in on federal funds
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How should American Rescue Plan funds be spent in NJ? Activists have their say.
Housing, education, the environment and working families - all deserve more funding. That’s what community advocates and activists said on Tuesday during what was called The People’s Hearing. For the Many NJ coalition held the virtual hearing to discuss how NJ should spend billions of dollars in American Rescue Plan Funds, saying state lawmakers haven’t given the public an opportunity to speak.
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Business Report: Advocates weigh in on federal funds
Clip: 4/19/2022 | 2m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Housing, education, the environment and working families - all deserve more funding. That’s what community advocates and activists said on Tuesday during what was called The People’s Hearing. For the Many NJ coalition held the virtual hearing to discuss how NJ should spend billions of dollars in American Rescue Plan Funds, saying state lawmakers haven’t given the public an opportunity to speak.
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County officials: Diverting 911 fees is ‘double taxation’
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 3m 48s | Gov. Murphy’s latest budget proposal continues diverting money from 911 fund (3m 48s)
Environmentalists say NJ falls short of clean-energy goals
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 6m 49s | Interview with Anjuli Ramos-Busot of NJ Sierra Club and Empower NJ (6m 49s)
Majority of NJ residents support plastic bag ban, poll finds
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 57s | Monmouth poll: Some would still like to have access to plastic bags for a small fee (57s)
More than a fifth of NJ motorists drive distracted
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 3m 38s | Distracted driving is leading cause of traffic fatalities in the state (3m 38s)
Murphy calls on state lawmakers to pass gun safety measures
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 46s | The governor initially proposed the package of gun safety bills in April 2021 (46s)
Newark hosts violence intervention discussions
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 4m 7s | Community leaders from across US gather in NJ as part of Biden administration program (4m 7s)
Travelers react to end of the federal mask mandate
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Clip: 4/19/2022 | 4m 4s | NJ Transit made masks optional on all its buses and trains (4m 4s)
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