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Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “He got a taste of monarchic authority and it shows, not only in his regal decorating choices but his absolute abuse of emergency powers, which by the way, he only let go of recently when he could no longer hide behind the CDC or feds.” – Assemblyman Bergen slamming Governor Murphy
TOP STORY: Judge: Dodd can Run for Mayor
The Murphy Administration announced a $100M investment in community recreation initiatives across the state.
The Murphy Administration announced funding for offshore wind environmental studies.
The New Jersey Hall of Fame announced 50 nominees for a public vote.
Governor Murphy hosted an event on teen mental health issues with MI Governor Whitmer.
The state is looking to boost funding for nursing home strike-teams, according to NJ Spotlight.
Male therapists are hard to find in New Jersey, according to the Bergen Record.
Bergen County gets an ‘F’ for air quality, according to the Bergen Record.
A wildfire broke out in Burlington County, according to NJ Spotlight.
Middlesex County Commissioners outlined key funding areas and their vision for the county in the State of the County address.
Officials weighed in on the Union County seal debate, according to UC Hawk.
Senator Booker introduced the ‘Tax Refund Protection Act’. Booker reintroduced the ‘Do No Harm Act’.
Rep. Van Drew has taken a leading role in calling out offshore wind energy as the culprit in recent whale deaths, while the state’s Democratic delegation urged the White House to address vessel strikes and entanglements.
The Problem Solvers Caucus endorsed the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement framework.
A WalletHub survey ranks New Jersey employers as having the 8th smallest hiring struggle in the nation.
ICYMI: Rutgers framework agreement announced; Rutgers’ union members went on strike holding protests; Murphy signed ‘Elections Transparency Act’; Trump indicted; Christie’s all-out assault on Trump; North Jersey Dems eyes fixed on key battlegrounds; Sherrill, Gottheimer more animated movements; unions warning about nurse shortage
The NJDOC commissioner defended ‘gobsmacking’ costs during budget questioning, according to NJ Monitor.
Senate Majority Leader Ruiz scolded the NJDOE over the loss of $3.6M in federal aid, according to NJ.com.
Assemblyman Bergen says that the teen mental health crisis shows why governors need to be kept in check by legislators.
Advocates rallied against the impending sunset of the state’s corporate business tax surcharge.
ICYMI: Senate Dems announced Harris as chief counsel; Murphy took action on bills; ‘ETA’ lcontroversy; Ruiz, Sherrill join forces for child care; Assembly passed ‘ETA’ over GOP objections, ELEC commissioners resigned
In Dover, a judge approved the nominating petition for former Mayor Dodd to be on the ballot in the primary, reversing an earlier denial by the township clerk. The ‘Dover Forward’ slate withdrew from the primary.
In Atlantic City, Mayor Small signed the first license for adult-use recreational marijuana sales.
In Newark, Mayor Baraka delivered his State of the City address.
In Bridgewater, the planning board found the floodplain ordinance is consistent with the master plan, according to TAPinto.
In Califon, the budget was adopted, according to NJ Hills.
In Cedar Grove, former Mayor O’Toole passed away, according to NorthJersey.com.
In East Hanover, residents will vote on the school budget next week, according to NJ Hills.
In Maplewood, Wherry was appointed administrator, according to TAPinto.
In Oakland, the BOE proposed armed police in schools, according to the Bergen Record.
In Phillipsburg, a motion to increase the police force failed, according to TAPinto.
In Red Bank, mayoral and council candidates took questions, according to TAPinto.
In Sayreville, Mayor Kilpatrick won’t seek re-election, according to TAPinto.
In Scotch Plains, the council approved the turf field plan at Brookside Park, according to UC Hawk.
In Somerville, taxpayers will save with developers’ tax breaks, according to MyCentralJersey.
In Verona, the budget passed, according to TAPinto.
In West New York, former Rep. Sires and his slate have raised $91k to date, according to Hudson County View.
In Woodbridge, the town is cracking down on e-cigarette sales, according to MyCentralJersey.
ICYMI: In WNY, Cirillo says voters bewildered by Sires in mayoral collision; in Morristown, workers rallied against automation; in Manville, suspended police chief charged; in Howell, former police chief charged; in Newark, Kelly slapped with ELEC complaint; in Dover, Correa announced running mates as 4 Dems vie for mayor; in Dover, Correa won Dem support
AROUND THE WEB:
Facing a new federal investigation, Sen. Bob Menendez builds a legal defense fund
Katie Sobko, Trenton Bureau
- New Jersey’s senior senator spent more than $175,000 between January and March to build a legal defense war chest in the face of a federal investigation announced last fall. According to campaign finance records logged from Jan. 1 to March 31, Sen. Bob Menendez paid two law firms a combined $175,343.
Why was Nabisco implosion delayed? Who gave the order? Local officials can’t agree
Stephanie Noda, NorthJersey.com
- It’s one of the most recognizable locations in North Jersey. But the story behind the old Nabisco cookie factory in Fair Lawn and its controversial demolition seems to be getting more opaque by the day. The saga of the tower along Route 208 and its impending implosion was left in a state of confusion Wednesday, a day after the mayor of nearby Hawthorne told constituents that the plan had been postponed due to concerns about asbestos.
STORMWATER MATTERS: Stormwater management: Who pays for it?
Jon Hurdle
- Patricia Lindsay-Harvey recalls a storm that swamped her town of Willingboro in June 2018, dumping a normal month’s worth of rain across South Jersey in a matter of hours. Streets flooded, so did the first floors of many homes, forcing some residents out until the resultant mold could be cleaned up.
ROI-NJ lists New Jersey’s Leading Commercial Real Estate Brokers
ROI-NJ Staff
- Commercial real estate is a hugely important sector of the state’s economy. It plays a role in the places we work, the places we shop and — in the case of renters — the places we live. The brokers who help buy and sell these properties are an unheralded and unsung part of our economic ecosystem.
NJ sees drop in key air pollution metric
Tom Johnson, NJ Spotlight
- Unhealthy levels of smog are declining in most parts of New Jersey, resulting in fewer incidents of high levels of the state’s most persistent and widespread air pollutant, according to the latest analysis by the American Lung Association. In a trend reflected nationwide, smog — otherwise known as ground-level ozone pollution — has generally declined in all but two New Jersey counties, with Cumberland and Mercer the exceptions.
Newly formed island off the coast at Brigantine is a haven for red knot
Zoe Read, WHYY News
- Red knots travel 9,000 miles each year from South America to breed in the Arctic. The shorebirds stop at the Delaware Bay to rest and refuel on horseshoe crab eggs. However, populations of the federally threatened species have declined dramatically, largely because of the overharvesting of crabs.
Op-Ed: What’s killing the whales? A likely culprit is close to home
Heidi Yeh
- The Jersey Shore’s latest attraction is a tragic one: decomposing whale corpses. Opponents of offshore wind want to pin the blame on windmills. The real culprit is likely much closer to home; you might even be using it right now.
Hoboken cop will receive 321 accrued days and retire as captain as part of settlement
John Heinis, Hudson County View
- A ranking Hoboken police officer will retire as a captain, receive 321 accrued days, $40,000 for attorney’s fees, all without ever returning to work as part of a lawsuit settlement approved by the city council in February.
Provider at Trenton neighborhood clinic suing city over $750K in unpaid bills
LA Parker, The Trentonian
- A civil complaint filed in Superior Court against the City of Trenton seeks approximately $750,000 in unpaid bills for a neighborhood clinic that dispensed vaccines as COVID-19 rampaged city neighborhoods.
Pissed off in public in Trenton
LA Parker, The Trentonian
- Most people enjoy interesting facts. For instance — bet you did not know over 500 slang terms exist for the word penis and that a past survey by the Daily Mirror noted that 73-percent of male responders name their genitalia. This report needed that lead in and hopefully attracts reader participation. A walk home from the market delivered this disturbing incident.
Cape May County Zoo aviary to close May 1
Samantha Hildebrandt, Press of Atlantic City
- With construction moving forward at the Cape May County Zoo, the zoo’s aviary will close permanently May 1, county officials said Wednesday. In its stead, new habitats will be built that will include new design and technology to make them safer for the animals and zoo staff, county officials said in a news release.
Cause of brush fire in Bridgewater, Bernards under investigation
Mike Deak, MyCentralJersey.com
- The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said it is investigating the cause of a fire which swept through four wooded acres off Long Road near the Bernards border. Two volunteer firefighters were injured while battling the blaze that was reported at about 4 p.m. April 13.
New Jersey wildfires: What’s driving the eruption of forest fires?
Amanda Oglesby, Asbury Park Press
- Across New Jersey, the cinders of three large wildfires continue to smolder under ash and debris. In the past week, fires burned 3,859 acres across Manchester, 972 acres in West Milford, and 1,607 acres Little Egg Harbor.
Vinyl chloride in East Palestine train derailment was bound for South Jersey facility
Jim Walsh, Cherry Hill Courier-Post
- Five tank cars that spewed flames and a toxic chemical at a derailment site in Ohio in February were bound for South Jersey, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
To cover the cost of the Rutgers deal, don’t hit students | Editorial
Star-Ledger Editorial Board
- The massive strike at Rutgers is over for now, thankfully: They’ve reached a tentative deal that addresses the longstanding abuse and overuse of low-wage faculty members.
Dry winter leads to busy wildfire season in New Jersey
Dana DiFilippo, NJ Monitor
- Wildfires have torched nearly 8,000 forested acres in New Jersey already this year, a busy fire season that prompted state environmental officials Tuesday to implore the public to take precautions to avoid accidentally setting off further forest fires.
NJBIA, GSI release ‘fact vs. fiction’ infographic to combat critics of CBT sunset
Matthew Fazelpoor, NJBIZ
- The New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) and Garden State Initiative (GSI) jointly released a one-page infographic April 18 they say lays out fact versus fiction as the debate rages over the hot-button Corporate Business Tax (CBT) surcharge. The issue has been at the center of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget process with Gov. Phil Murphy pledging to let the 2.5% surcharge expire at the end of 2023, a sunset the state’s business community has long pushed for.
N.J.’s controversial school ratings are back. How P’burg, other Warren Co. schools scored.
Adam Clark, Katie Kausch, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
- How do you rate all the learning that happens in a school and capture its annual performance in a single number? It might seem practically impossible in a state where more than 2,300 public schools with unequal resources serve 1.4 million students from vastly different backgrounds.
NJ’s largest reservoir is only 63% full. When will it return to normal levels?
Mike Deak, MyCentralJersey.com
- Round Valley Reservoir may return to its normal level in one to three years, according to an update on the improvements to New Jersey’s largest reservoir. The water level in the reservoir was lowered by 25 feet during the reservoir’s multi-year rehabilitation by the New Jersey Water Supply Authority.
Jersey Shore students demand menstrual products in schools: ‘It Is not a luxury’
Joe Strupp, Asbury Park Press
- Imagine having to go to the school nurse for toilet paper, bathroom soap or paper towels when nature calls during school hours. Or worse, having to bring your own Charmin, Bounty or Softsoap to the restroom in between French and geometry classes each day.
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