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Sophie Nieto-Munoz

Jersey, New York

Statehouse Reporter at New Jersey Monitor

Sophie, not Sophia. statehouse reporter @njmonitor @statesnewsroom • prev: @njdotcom • @rutgersu alum • hablo español 🇦🇷 [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

    by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor April 15, 2025 Gov. Phil Murphy says commuters should brace for some short-term disruptions to rail service as Amtrak replaces old wires and broken signals in an effort to prevent another summer of delays. Murphy met with Amtrak officials in Newark Tuesday to highlight repairs being made to the aging rail infrastructure that moves hundreds of thousands of commuters between New Jersey and New York daily.

  • 1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

    News that the CEO of the state’s grid operator is resigning provides an opportunity for the company to “reform its practices,” a New Jersey Senate Democrat said Tuesday. Sen. John Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) said PJM Interconnection President and CEO Manu Asthana’s impending departure should signal a change in priorities for the company, which Democrats have blamed for skyrocketing electric rate hikes.

  • 1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

    Newark Mayor Ras Baraka joined members of major progressive organizations in New Brunswick Monday to celebrate their decision last week to endorse his gubernatorial bid. Baraka, on his third term as mayor of New Jersey’s largest city, has made a push to claim the progressive lane in the crowded race to become New Jersey’s next governor as he vies with five other Democrats to win their party’s nomination on June 10.

  • 1 week ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

    by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor April 11, 2025 Hours after a Louisiana judge said a Columbia University activist could be deported, his attorneys said the true legal battle for his right to remain in the United States will be fought here in New Jersey. Attorney Marc Van Der Hout, one of the many lawyers representing activist Mahmoud Khalil, referred to the Louisiana immigration court proceedings as “a sham. “It was a kangaroo court,” Van Der Hout told reporters Friday.

  • 2 weeks ago | newjerseymonitor.com | Sophie Nieto-Munoz

    A major private prison company wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Newark over the company’s planned new immigration jail, framing the case as a politically charged attempt to sidestep federal authority.

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Sophie Nieto-Muñoz
Sophie Nieto-Muñoz @snietomunoz
10 Apr 25

RT @zachblackburn23: A group of six major progressive organizations in the state endorsed Newark Mayor @rasjbaraka for governor today: http…

Sophie Nieto-Muñoz
Sophie Nieto-Muñoz @snietomunoz
10 Apr 25

RT @Jee_vuh: Final_Version_of_Tariffs_actualFINALcopy_version7_USETHISONE.docx

Sophie Nieto-Muñoz
Sophie Nieto-Muñoz @snietomunoz
9 Apr 25

The state’s U.S. attorney is pushing back on the state police chief’s new warning that New Jersey cops can’t help federal immigration officials with civil enforcement. https://t.co/IMoJe18G9p