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Paterson hospital delivers cold water to people in need

3 days ago | njspotlightnews.org | Raven Santana

In Paterson, a city where on Monday more than 100 people received medical care due to extreme heat exposure at a high school graduation, St. Joseph’s Health Mobile Integrated Health is delivering cold water to people in need. Rob Bertello, a health manager at St. Joseph’s Health, says the goal of the “Operation Ice Water” program is to ease the strain on the city’s already overburdened emergency response system. Operation Ice Water, Bertollo said, “will keep going till the heat breaks.
NJ tries to understand public health impacts of wildfires

4 days ago | njspotlightnews.org | Anna Mattson

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. Inside Climate News and NJ Spotlight News are part of a collaborative of news organizations working together to provide comprehensive climate change coverage for New Jersey. The Jones Road fire in New Jersey scorched 15,300 acres for nearly three weeks this spring.
Utilities agree to defer small portion of electric bills

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Briana Vannozzi |Michael Warren

Electric customers across New Jersey will see a little more relief on their bills this summer, as the state grapples with soaring energy costs during the hottest part of the year. The state Board of Public Utilities on Wednesday approved a plan to defer a total $60 from electric bills in July and August — $30 deferred each month. All of New Jersey’s electric utilities — PSE&G, JCP&L, Atlantic City Electric and Rockland Energy — are participating in the plan.
Dozens of sites may soon release more air pollution in NJ

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Benjamin Hulac

WASHINGTON — The president is poised to sign legislation into law to allow roughly 1,800 polluting sites nationwide, like mills, power stations, chemical plants and oil refineries, to increase the volume of hazardous air pollutants they can release.
Deplorable conditions at ICE facilities detailed in audits

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Benjamin Hulac

WASHINGTON — During an unannounced visit in 2018 to a now-closed immigrant detention facility in Newark, which had been an Immigration and Customs Enforcement site, inspectors found food in revolting conditions. “During dinner service, we observed facility staff serving detainees hamburgers that were foul smelling and unrecognizable,” the inspectors wrote.
What's the news with the NJ budget?

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Briana Vannozzi

New Jersey lawmakers are nearing the deadline to finalize New Jersey’s annual budget. At $58 billion, Gov. Phil Murphy’s spending proposal is the largest in state history. And it’s likely to look quite a bit different once the Legislature is done making changes to it. A couple of key programs could take a hit in order to pay for it along with changes to the $1 billion in tax increases Murphy is seeking to support his increased spending.
NJ primary 2025: Party machines loosen their grip?

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Briana Vannozzi

With all but one Assembly race decided, the primary election has left a few lessons to take away. Maybe most notable was around the power of the party machines and whether the election showed their longtime hold on New Jersey politics may be loosening. The primary election was the first in which there was no so-called county or “party line” ballot system, which opponents argued gave an advantage to candidates with the county organization’s endorsement.
Newark’s 'guaranteed income' program draws praise

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Ted Goldberg

Newark’s two-year-old “guaranteed income” pilot program has provided a big safety net to its recipients so far, with some new data to back it up. Newark has released the latest tracking from the program’s 400 recipients, saying it has found that the low-income individuals who received the modest checks benefited in several ways.
Course correction needed for NJ property-tax relief programs?

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | John Reitmeyer

As federal lawmakers consider extending tax breaks for high earners and cutting back social safety-net programs, an influential think tank in New Jersey is urging state policymakers to begin using the state’s own resources more equitably. To do so, a report issued Tuesday by New Jersey Policy Perspective recommends Gov. Phil Murphy and lawmakers make several changes to a newly established, state-funded tax-relief program called Stay NJ.
NJ's only female governor has advice for Mikie Sherrill

1 week ago | njspotlightnews.org | Briana Vannozzi

Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Whitman, a lifelong Republican who has previously supported candidates across party lines, is backing Democrat Mikie Sherrill in the upcoming gubernatorial race. Whitman broke ground as the state’s first female governor and served two terms from 1994-2001. She separated from the GOP to co-chair the Forward Party, a national political party, with former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.