Brenda Flanagan
Senior Correspondent at NJ Spotlight News
Brenda Flanagan is a Senior Correspondent for @NJSpotlightNews @MyNJPBS Tweets are my tweets. Meow. Meow. Meow. Meow.
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2 weeks ago |
njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan
A vigil outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center in Newark erupted into chaos on Tuesday night. Protesters clashed with police, as officials said inside the center undocumented immigrants staged a riot, exposing structural deficiencies so severe that four detainees escaped through a hole in the wall, and the facility may now be evacuated, according to officials. “It’s an insecure facility,” said U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ).
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2 weeks ago |
njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan
After a contentious primary, Jack Ciattarelli kicked off his general election campaign with several stops in Dover in Morris County, a solidly Democratic town where 75% of residents identify as Latino. “Buenos dias,” Ciattarelli greeted diners. To reporters, he said: “Feelin’ great! We’ve got work to do — and today that work begins!”The venue made political sense.
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3 weeks ago |
njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan
Leqaa Kordia of Paterson, a young Palestinian woman, was picked up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March, charged with overstaying her student visa and flown to a federal holding facility in Texas. On Thursday, she was the focus of a protest at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, as supporters spoke out against Kordia’s detention and the immigration enforcement system that ensnared her.
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3 weeks ago |
njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan
In New Jersey’s primary election, polls show that voters’ main concern is affordability, centered around high taxes and the rising cost of everything from housing to health care and groceries. “So the governorship in this case is almost a poison chalice,” said Dan Cassino, executive director of the FDU Poll. “There’s no good solution. Whoever winds up being governor is going to be faced with cutting a bunch of services and/or raising taxes.
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1 month ago |
njspotlightnews.org | Brenda Flanagan
New Jersey Transit rail engineers were back at work Tuesday after ending a three-day strike Sunday over wages. NJ Transit spent Monday carrying out safety inspections required before the system could reboot. Thousands of rail commuters across the state eased back into familiar rush hour routines on Tuesday.
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Commuters! NJ Transit trains are rolling again! How we got here:
NJ Transit rail strike ends, service resumes Tuesday: “The sound that you probably hear is the sound of our state’s commuters breathing a collective sigh of relief,” said @govmurphy.bsky.social How negotiators reached a deal: https://t.co/GJaejBTzw1