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Below is Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t think anyone has claimed the battle’s over. No one has claimed victory on an issue in New Jersey that’s been going on for decades, but we’ll find out whether people feel meaningful progress has been made, and that’s what elections are about.” – LD16 Assemblyman Freiman on the issues of affordability and tax relief in the state
TOP STORY: On the Ground in LD-3 with Burzichelli and Durr
A FDU poll finds strong support for a corporate tax to fund NJ Transit.
Nearly 1M ANCHOR property tax relief payments have been delivered, according to NJ.com.
President Biden’s prime-time address on Israel drew mixed reactions in the state, according to NJ Spotlight.
The RWJUH nurses strike continues, according to NJ Spotlight.
Ocean County will spend $4.3M restoring a historic landmark, according to the Asbury Park Press.
Rep. Kean pivoted back to Rep. McCarthy from Rep. Jordan in the third Speaker vote, while fellow NJ GOP Reps. Smith and Van Drew stuck with Jordan.
Rep. Gottheimer says its not yet time for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war according to NJ Spotlight.
ICYMI: FDU poll finds 70% want Menendez gone; Christie gave his spin on Speaker; FDU poll finds parental rights hits Dems hard; Pallone trying to control social media madness around Hamas/Israel; BOE elections becoming heated; state’s Jewish community, allis stood in solidarity with Israel; feds announced superseding indictment against Menendez
The NJBIA urged the DEP to withdraw the electric vehicle mandate.
The Highlands Council approved over $550k in agricultural grants, according to NJ Hills.
ICYMI: CWA reached tentative deal with Murphy Administration; Murphy announced Emy Quispe as Deputy COS; Murphy announced Hillmann as DCOS; Sweeney applauded Murphy’s selection of Gutierrez-Scaccetti as COS; Helmy will depart; environmentalists demanding bear hunt end; Fiordaliso passed away
In Chatham Township, Mayor Felice hit the doors with Parsippany Councilman Musella as she seeks re-election.
In Jersey City, Mayor Fulop highlighted arts and culture sector revenues generated last year.
In Bernards, transgender rights were debated at a BOE meeting, according to NJ Hills.
In Chester, the council approved the Glenmora request, according to NJ Hills.
In Hoboken, Ward 1 council candidate Presinzano swung at Mayor Bhalla over his parklets ordinance veto, according to Hudson County View.
In Lebanon, tax collection software was upgraded, according to NJ Hills.
In Logan, a warehouse project was approved, according to Burlington County Times.
In Morris Township, public comments will be heard on cannabis, according to Morristown Green.
In Morristown, the Ward 4 council candidates debated, according to NJ Hills.
In Mount Olive, Councilman Roman says summonses will come if complaints continue about Eagle Rock apartments, according to NJ Hills. A new police chief was appointed, according to NJ Hills.
In Palisades Park, a sergeant’s lawsuit says town politics hurt his career, according to the Bergen Record.
In Rockaway, a lawsuit alleges the police department won’t promote an officer who reported broken radios, according to NJ.com.
In Trenton, the police department is only the 80th to face a ‘pattern of practice investigation’, according to the Trentonian.
AROUND THE WEB:
Make no mistake: Abortion is on the NJ ballot this year | Editorial
Star-Ledger Editorial Board
- There is a consensus that abortion rights are safe in New Jersey, and that nothing is likely to dim the beacon of freedom that our state represents for any woman who needs access to reproductive health care.
Sussex GOP Chairman upbraids CAIR-NJ, calls on organization to denounce Hamas
Matt Rooney, Save Jersey
- A Republican county chairman is taking on the state’s most political potent Islamic interest group. Joseph Labarbera, who leads the Sussex GOP, penned a letter on Friday obtained by Save Jersey which accuses CAIR-NJ (the Council for American Islamic Relations).
To stop Tom Kean Jr., Malinowski has to jump back in. | Moran
Tom Moran, Star-Ledger Editorial Board
- Rep. Jim Jordan voted against sending help to New Jersey after Superstorm Sandy. He’s never passed a bill in his 16 years in Congress, and he opposes every compromise. Last week, a group of wrestlers on the college team he coached testified that Jordan did nothing to help when they told him about the predator who sexually abused dozens of their teammates.
Anti-Hamas billboard on N.J. highway taken down after multiple complaints to police
Anthony G. Attrino, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
- An inflammatory billboard on Route 80 in Bergen County that read, “Hamas would chop your head off too,” has been taken down after police received dozens of complaints. “This anti-Hamas billboard on Route 80 in Bogota borough resulted in more than 100 calls to police before it was taken down by organizers,” Shlomo Schorr said on X.
Mission notebook, Days 8-9: Saluting the heroes of the trip
Tom Bergeron, roi-nj.com
- Mixed greens, chunks of chicken, a few Roma tomatoes and a nice balsamic dressing — on a bus trip in Seoul, South Korea. And all because there was a concern that the 60-or-so delegates she was overseeing on a nine-day tour through East Asia might need an afternoon snack.
LD38 GOP’s parental rights ad fetches 364K views (and counting) on YouTube
Matt Rooney, Save Jersey
- LD38 is in play, Save Jerseyans, and it’s probably partly because (as FDU recently found) that parental rights is a motivating issue for the sort of voters which Republicans need in 2023. Schools boards are gradually but increasingly responding by pushing back against the Murphy Administration.
Centenary inaugurates 1st Black president, its 15th leader in 156-year history
Kurt Bresswein, For lehighvalleylive.com
- In remarks Saturday challenging global and national strife and a war on higher education, new Centenary University President Dale Caldwell said he started his day with a decidedly local focus.
Op-Ed: NJ takes lead on addressing medical debt
Heather Howard, Madison Linton, NJ Spotlight
- When is $10 million actually worth a hundred times that? (This is not a trick question.) New Jersey’s $54.3 billion budget includes a small but mighty provision to address medical debt that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves.
Trenton Police investigation might make us all want to scream a little
LA Parker, The Trentonian
- If you feel like you wanna scream, cause that’s the way you let off steam — Scream on. (Isaac Hayes)Give me a moment. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! That’s a blood curdling vocal release just for people pushing this idea that Trenton residents have no right to kick and shout about a United States Justice Department civil rights investigation of both the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police.
Sydney Forman cannot speak. She inspired her sister to help kids in Camden.
Kevin Riordan, Philadelphia Inquirer
- Karly Forman Cohen’s commitment to helping kids with disabilities began not long after Sydney, her younger sister, was born in 1996. Sydney is nonverbal. “Basically, my childhood was defined by being part of a community of people who had children with special needs,” Cohen, 29, said at the office of Raise the Bar Family Services.
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