Politics and science clash in a pivotal hearing over vaccines. What do RFK Jr's vaccine moves mean in NJ? www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/what...

"We're not going away..." An update to NJ PBS operations www.njspotlightnews.org/video/an-upd...

Thousands look to join Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk's murder www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/thou...

Thousands look to join Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk's murder www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/thou...

Read today 📰 Will Irving, author of the R/ECON economic forecast reports, was interviewed by @bflanagannj.bsky.social with @njspotlightnews.org discussing the state of the job market in #NJ 📉

oh. my. cat. and I missed it... www.nj.com/warren/2025/...

Another icon, gone… Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

NJ job market ‘stalled' by layoffs, weak hiring www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/nj-j...

NJ makes COVID-19 vaccines widely available amid Trump restrictions www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-mak...

'Zombie' pipeline raises environmental fears www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/zomb...

From @reuters.com: Ukraine War Escalation: "Poland said it scrambled its own and NATO air defences to shoot down drones on Wednesday after a Russian air attack on western Ukraine, the first time in the Ukraine war that Warsaw has engaged assets in its airspace." www.reuters.com/business/aer...

BREAKING: NJ Dept of Health takes action intended to make COVID-19 vaccinations more available to residents. More tomorrow, on @njspotlightnews.org

UPDATE: NJ DOH tonite issued Exec Directive allowing anyone six months of age and older to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the 2025-26 respiratory illness season. DOH also issued a Standing Order authorizing NJ pharmacists to administer COVID-19 shots without a prescription...(MORE)

The August jobs report: "There are now about 200,000 more people looking for work in the U.S. than there are available jobs." via @thehill.com

NJ gutted public broadcasting before it was cool newjerseymonitor.com/2025/09/03/n...

NJ pharmacies delay COVID-19 vaccines after Trump administration confusion: “You have an approved product, but you don’t have approved recommendations, and that’s sort of putting pharmacists … in the firing line.” www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-pha...

NJ urged to demolish 'antiquated and inhumane' prison buildings: "Hundreds of people are living in the prison’s West Compound in cells small enough that they can extend their arms and touch both side-walls and the ceiling." Via @colleenodea.bsky.social www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/09/nj-p...

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Crackdown coming on tourist helicopters? “People should not be waking up and have their kids woken up in the middle of the morning, 6 a.m., 5 a.m., 7 a.m., by these helicopters," said Hudson Co Exec Craig Guy. www.njspotlightnews.org/video/crackd...

Gift article, via @nytimespr.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/h...

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"It's something that we call the Blue Wall of Silence, or the Code of Blue in which officers will take care of and protect one of their own.We believe that that is exactly what happened" Atty for murder victim Lauren Semanchik.The double homicide remains under investigation. youtu.be/NoR563oW6rs?...

Ming the Merciless wishes you all a lovely International Dog Day.

Gmorning. Jerz. It’s like a brisk fishing morning in Maine. Sound of acorns falling. And a yellow sneeze about to bloom…

This explains a lot: "The self-help genre has determined that the answer to the moment is to be unapologetically self-interested, and broadly unapologetic." Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/s...

Dem Mikie Sherrill vows a utility rate freeze if she’s elected governor…as folks struggle with rising energy bills:

NJ residents seek help with soaring electricity bills: “I don’t feel so good with the bills going high like this,” said 73-year-old Laverne Roberts, who added she’d skimp on food and medical expenses to keep the lights and air conditioning on... www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-res...

It's easier to track data on some NJ police conduct, but @colleenodea.bsky.social reports, "the only sure way for the public to find information about shootings and other fatal encounters with police is by scrolling through dozens of pages of press releases" www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/08/trac...

From @hannah-gross.bsky.social: "a middle-school-aged girl in a pink T-shirt and black yoga pants took her seat at U.S. immigration court in Newark" but her mom "also facing deportation, was too scared to come to court..." explained the woman who'd brought her www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/08/chil...

The production assistant needs a restorative nap. I suspect we could all use one, lately…

Support your local PBS stations... Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

Folks facing sky-high energy bills gather for an appointment with NJ BPU, providers and consumer advocates to sign up for rate relief programs. At St Paul AME Zion Church in Ewing. Story tonite. @njspotlightnews.org

On Aug. 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The Social Security Board of Trustees in June predicted, the program's funding will fall short by 2023.

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A growing number of warm-weather tick species have moved north to call NJ home--and they all bite. But only one tick spreads Lyme disease amongst humans. It's infected more than 3800 in NJ . And its new crop of adults are ready for their late-summer debut... www.njspotlightnews.org/video/check-...

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"In the last couple weeks, almost all the mosquitoes we tested were positive for West Nile," says Bergen Co's official entomologist, who traps different species with different baits. "It’s kind of in line with last year, when quite a few people got sick..." www.njspotlightnews.org/video/west-n...

This is a Culex pipiens trap, located behind a county garage in Paramus. The bait goes by a hilariously unscientific name—but its purpose is very serious. . Story tonite. @njspotlightnews.org

NJ's 9/11 first responders get fresh chance at disability benefits www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/08/9-11...

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Thousands of NJ kindergartners lag in measles vaccinations: “There’s a rise in religious exemptions, which is directly correlated to the decreasing immunization rates throughout the state. It’s a huge problem," says Rose Catton of NJ's State School Nurses Assn www.njspotlightnews.org/video/thousa...

There's fierce pushback against a proposed independent contractor rule--especially by gig workers who use apps like Uber and DoorDash to connect with customers. www.njspotlightnews.org/video/will-n...

There's fierce pushback against a proposed independent contractor rule--especially by gig workers who use apps like Uber and DoorDash to connect with customers. www.njspotlightnews.org/video/will-n...

@maddiference.bsky.social @lilohstainton.bsky.social @bflanagannj.bsky.social @hannah-gross.bsky.social @tedgoldbergtv.bsky.social I saw this post on the New Jersey Reddit sub earlier. In all of my years on Reddit,I've never upvoted any post as fast as I did this one: old.reddit.com/r/newjersey/...

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"My family...have been murdered, they’ve been displaced, they’ve been dehumanized, and now they’re being starved by the Israeli regime" said Noreen Rashid. Council on American-Islamic Relations

NJ Palestinians call on Trump to force end to Gaza starvation www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-pal...

Because starving people to death is cruel and inhumane. Period. Thank you @bflanagannj.bsky.social and @njspotlightnews.org for continuing to cover this story.

“Israel has killed over 150 family members since the start of this war”—anguished members of NJ’s Palestinian community gathered to tell stories of relatives starving to death in Gaza, and demanding the President and NJ’s Congressional delegation act to stop the famine. @njspotlightnews.org tonite

Live webcam Ehukai Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Tsunami Warning siren. Waves generated by 8.7 magnitude quake off Kamchatka, Russia predicted to hit Hawaii starting 1:17am Eastern, 7:17 HST. Alaska and parts of US West Coast under Tsunami Watch.