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Amazon says it has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras. The company said in a letter released Tuesday, Nov. 19 by U.S. Sen. Ed Markey that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras. (Jessica Hill/AP Photo)
Business
Technology

Amazon says it’s considered face scanning in Ring doorbells

The company told Sen. Ed Markey that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras but that there are no plans to coordinate that

7 years ago

Governor Phil Murphy, alongside First Lady Tammy Murphy and former Vice President Al Gore, signs an executive order more than doubling New Jersey's offshore wind goal on November 19, 2019, at Liberty Science Center. (Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office)
Environment
New Jersey

N.J. aims to power three million homes with offshore wind energy by 2035

In June, state regulators approved the first application for a wind farm off the Jersey Shore, which is expected to start generating power in five years.

7 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health Care
Law
Pennsylvania

Bill requiring medical providers to bury fetal remains passes Pa. House

Supporters say the measure would ensure parents have an opportunity for closure. Opponents say it could discourage women from getting abortions.

7 years ago

Algae floats in the water at the Maumee Bay State Park marina in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Environment
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. announces $13M fund for harmful algal bloom prevention

New Jersey will have more than $13 million to combat harmful algal blooms that plagued major recreational waterbodies last summer.

7 years ago

Jennifer Williams, (left), an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, and National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, are sworn in to testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Day 3 of Trump impeachment hearings: Firsthand witnesses testify

The third day of impeachment hearings was the longest yet, bringing to the forefront four witnesses in two separate hearings.

7 years ago

Attendees hold 'We Vape, We Vote' signs ahead of a Trump rally last month in Dallas, Texas. The politics surrounding vaping and industry pushback against regulation appear to have derailed Trump administration's plan to ban the sales of many vaping products.
NPR
Economy
Public Health

Politics, industry backlash, stall White House ban on flavored vaping products

The Trump administration's plan to ban most flavored vaping products has stalled out, at least for the moment.

7 years ago

State police remove Sue Altman of New Jersey Working Families from a hearing. (NJ Spotlight)
New Jersey
Taxes

Rekindling tax break controversy, George Norcross publicly defends incentives

George Norcross told legislators at the Statehouse in Trenton on Monday that the state’s tax incentive program has succeeded in revitalizing distressed areas.

7 years ago

A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Business
New Jersey
Personal Finance
NJ Spotlight

Revamping N.J. labor law to protect workers in ‘gig economy,’ boost state taxes

Senate President Steve Sweeney is behind a bill that’s ‘all about protecting the rights of workers,’ but business interests have misgivings.

7 years ago

Jessica Scarane
Delaware
Elections

Democrat Jessica Scarane challenging U.S. Sen. Chris Coons from the left

Democratic candidate Jessica Scarane says Sen. Chris Coons works too well with Republicans. She’s launched a 2020 primary campaign to unseat him.

7 years ago

Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, is likely the most anticipated of the eight witnesses scheduled to testify in this week's public impeachment hearings. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
NPR
National

Impeachment public hearings week 2 — who is testifying and what happens next

The House impeachment inquiry begins its second week of public hearings with the Intelligence Committee scheduled to hear testimony from eight more witnesses over three days.

7 years ago

Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs George Kent and top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor are sworn in prior to testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. (Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

What we learned from the first week of impeachment hearings

The first week of Trump impeachment inquiry hearings is in the books.

7 years ago

Representative Patty Kim speaks at a September 17 rally for a higher minimum wage. Advocates have been using the likenesses of Kim and her co-sponsor, Representative Chris Rabb, in their lobbying effort. (Katie Meyer / WITF)
Economy
Pennsylvania

Is Pa. heading toward a $9.50 an hour minimum wage? Tune in next week when lawmakers return to Harrisburg

"Our priority remains finding pathways for Pennsylvanians to earn far beyond the minimum.”

7 years ago

Members of the Legislative Black Caucus, Assemblywomen Shavonda Sumter, left and Britnee Timberlake; Sen. Ron Rice is at the podium. (NJ Spotlight)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Lawmakers propose task force to explore the possibility of reparations for Black N.J. residents

Their proposal comes more than a decade after the Garden State publicly apologized in 2008 for its role in the U.S. slave trade.

7 years ago

In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2012, mail is deposited into an outdoor postal box (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo)
Elections
New Jersey

Little-known N.J. council invalidates state’s expansive vote-by-mail law

N.J. voters who want to vote by mail will have to request a mail-in ballot every year.

7 years ago

Sen. Joseph Lagana (D-Bergen) and Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-Mercer) introduced the legislation yesterday (NJ Spotlight)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
Personal Finance
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers seek to boost state tax credit for low-wage earners

The Earned Income Tax Credit has support from both Democrats and Republicans since it’s believed to keep people employed and off government assistance.

7 years ago

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