Author: Jeff Pillets
Inside New Jersey’s Fight to Ban Cell Phones in Schools
April 30, 2025
Spurred by disruptions and bullying, Governor Murphy and school officials are calling for a ban on cell phones in the classroom.
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How Andy Kim Emerged as a Ray of Hope for NJ Democrats
January 17, 2025
After a rough and chaotic year for his party, Kim became the first Korean American in history elected to the U.S. Senate.
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Assessing the new electoral landscape after a surprising surge in Trump support.
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NJ Is Facing a Fractured Higher-Education System That’s Taxing Educators and Students
August 31, 2024
There's growing concern among college administrators, elected officials and students, who say change can’t come fast enough to the state’s higher-education landscape.
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A Culture War Could Be Erupting at a New Jersey School Near You—If It Hasn’t Already
February 2, 2024
Raucous school board meetings have become intense battlegrounds over gender policies and protections, sex education and parental rights in NJ's public school system.
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Thousands of New Jersey families are in limbo amid a critical shortage of judges.
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After years of allegations of race-based bias by Paterson police, the state takeover is beginning to yield positive results—but doubts still linger.
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After a 2021 ruling overturned the murder conviction of Wiltsey's mother, people involved in the case are still coming to terms with the reality that there may never be justice for Timmy.
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New Jersey has pulled out of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, created in 1953 to fight organized crime on the docks.
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Judge Shuts Down Chance to Re-Examine Lindbergh Kidnapping Case
January 20, 2023