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Challenging N.J. criminal justice overhaul, South Jersey man sues for right to cash bail
One of the first major challenges to New Jersey’s new bail system hinges on an unlikely argument: that defendants should be able to ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:08On furor over Rizzo statue, sculptor Zenos Frudakis says, ‘Let’s talk about it’
Of more than 250 sculptures scatt ...
8 years ago
Listen 2:41Vigils held in Philly area to denounce violence at Virginia white nationalist rally [photos]
Demonstrations and candlelight vigils cropped up across the Philadelphia region Sunday to denounce the deadly violence that broke out at ...
8 years ago
Atlantic County jail begins offering methadone to opioid-addicted inmates
A South Jersey jail is the first county correctional facility in the state to offer methadone to opioid-addicted inmates. The move ...
8 years ago
Battle over dune ‘lagoons’ in Margate lands in federal court
Margate, New Jersey, residents already had easy access to the Atlantic Ocean and the back bay. Now they have another body of water ...
8 years ago
Agencies have ‘clawed back’ more than $5 million in Sandy aid from New Jerseyans
When Fran Baronowitz returned to her Ventnor, New Jersey, home four days after Superstorm Sandy, the front door was jammed. Floodwaters i ...
8 years ago
ListenHighlighting environmental risks, critics of Pinelands pipeline say ‘we can’t drink gas’
Residents and environmentalists overwhelmingly blasted a proposed natural gas pipeline through the Pinelands in South Jersey during a pub ...
8 years ago
ListenMurphy receives first batch of public financing in N.J. general election
The Democratic nominee in the New Jersey gubernatorial race has received $1.2 million in matching funds from the state, kicking off a con ...
8 years ago
Family of N.J. teen killed by train disputes suicide ruling, sues to prove kidnap-murder plot
It took less than a day, after Tiffany Valiante got hit by a New Jersey Transit train, for investigators to decide she committed suicide. Her parents never believed it.
8 years ago
Listen 4:11Critics worry proposed N.J. ethics law would turn Pinelands into ‘pay-to-play lands’
It may become easier for members of the Pinelands Commission to vote on issues to which they have financial connections, should a proposa ...
8 years ago
Listen 2:24Pinelands Commission puts brakes on off-roading plan for now
The Pinelands Commission delayed a vote Friday to formalize which paths through Wharton State Forest are actually roads, an attempt to cu ...
8 years ago
Wildstein gets probation for his role in Bridgegate
The self-styled mastermind behind politically motivated traffic jams at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 is being spared federal pris ...
8 years ago
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