6 days ago · New Jersey Monitor provides fair and tough reporting on the issues affecting New Jersey, from political corruption to education to criminal and social justice.

2 days ago · Former Englewood Cliffs mayor Mario Kranjac has entered the crowded race for the Republican nomination to become New Jersey’s next governor. Kranjac, who announced his candidacy Sunday, told the New Jersey Monitor he’s a “forever Trumper” with unwavering views and a track record of winning ...

3 days ago · New Jersey’s utility regulator announced it would close its fourth round of offshore wind solicitations without awarding a bid Monday, the latest in a series of setbacks facing Gov. Phil Murphy’s ambitious wind energy goals. In a statement, Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl ...

Jan 28, 2025 · A memorandum issued on President Donald Trump’s first day in office will pause nearly all offshore wind projects in New Jersey, with the prospect of a longer-lasting standstill if his administration moves to rescind approvals issued under President Joe Biden. Trump’s memorandum orders federal ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Hegseth confirmed as Pentagon chief after Vance breaks tie vote in U.S. Senate BY: Shauneen Miranda - January 24, 2025 WASHINGTON — Veteran and former Fox News host Pete Hegseth will be the next secretary of defense, after he was confirmed late Friday by the U.S. Senate by the narrowest of margins.

Jan 23, 2025 · The Assembly added two new members Thursday to fill vacancies left when two former state lawmakers were sworn in to their new offices. Assemblyman Al Abdelaziz (D-Passaic), a former Paterson councilman and the longtime Paterson Democratic chair, was sworn in to replace Benjie Wimberly, who left the Assembly to fill …

Jan 30, 2025 · Max Schachter wanted to be close to his son Alex on his birthday, July 9, so he watched old videos of him. “It put a smile on my face to see him so happy,” Schachter said. Alex would have turned 21 that day, six years after he and 16 other children and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High ...

Jan 2, 2025 · A Superior Court judge declined to pause the implementation of an overhaul of New Jersey’s affordable housing system passed last spring, roundly rejecting a challenge from towns that argued they would face harm if a law they claim is unconstitutional was allowed to take effect.. Judge Robert Lougy on Thursday found the 26 towns that sued to invalidate the law failed to show they would be ...

Dec 2, 2024 · An advocacy group that recently found New Jersey prisons routinely flout restrictions on solitary confinement recommended a reasonable reform — more oversight, with every facility getting its own independent board of trustees to address its unique needs. What many reformers don’t know is that the state’s prisons already have civilian boards of trustees tasked with such oversight.

Nov 7, 2024 · Sophie Nieto-Muñoz, a New Jersey native and former Trenton statehouse reporter for NJ.com, shined a spotlight on the state’s crumbling unemployment system and won several awards for investigative reporting from the New Jersey Press Association.