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The Jersey Vindicator was founded in 2023 as an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to high-quality investigative and public-service journalism about New Jersey government and urgent statewide issues, including elections, voting, public records, education, economic development, health, housing, the environment, criminal justice, human trafficking, and more.
We founded The Jersey Vindicator to address a crisis in journalism — the ongoing and rapid decline of corporate-owned legacy media outlets, which is greatly diminishing access to trusted and factual accountability and investigative reporting in the state.
We seek to uncover stories that would otherwise go untold and cut through partisanship and misinformation to deliver trusted, reliable journalism to residents of the Garden State. Source
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Search ArticlesClimate Week spin can’t hide the truth: You can’t fool Mother Nature
Nature has a funny way of cutting through political spin. You can hold a Climate Week proclamation — or was it Climate Weak? You can give speeches about resilience, announce another task force, and promise to move fast. But when the rain comes, the water doesn’t read the press release. It floods the streets. New Jersey is in the middle of a climate emergency, a flooding crisis, an affordability crisis, and a public health crisis caused by dirty air and contaminated water. Yet during Gov.
NJ appeals court throws out Google location data in robbery case
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Friday that cellphone location data used to convict a man of several gas station robberies must be thrown out because police lacked probable cause to obtain it from Google. In the Oct. 2 decision, a three-judge panel found that a lower court erred in allowing prosecutors to use the location data obtained by a Morris County detective. The judges ordered that the evidence must be suppressed and returned the case to the trial court.
NJ appeals court to weigh challenge to $1.7 billion E-ZPass contract
E-ZPass toll signs in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. A New Jersey appellate court will decide whether the Turnpike Authority gave its longtime E-ZPass contractor a fair hearing before rejecting its challenge to a $1.7 billion contract that was awarded to a competitor.
Destroy the forest to save it: New Jersey’s clear-cut approach to forest management
New Jersey has come up with a strange new conservation philosophy: destroy the forest to save it. The state says it wants to restore Atlantic white cedar in the Pinelands. That goal is important. Atlantic white cedar forests are disappearing, threatened by sea-level rise, saltwater intrusion, altered hydrology, deer browsing, and a long history of logging and development. New Jersey once had roughly 115,000 acres of Atlantic white cedar; today, fewer than 25,000 acres remain.
New Jersey joins court fight over federal fuel economy standards
New Jersey joined a multistate lawsuit Friday challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of vehicle fuel economy standards, arguing that weaker requirements would leave drivers paying more at the pump and increase pollution. Attorney General Jennifer Davenport joined officials from 20 other states, the District of Columbia and five cities and two counties in asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to review the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s new rule.
Audit flags excess aid, improper spending and missing background checks in Newark schools
State auditors found that Newark Public Schools received $6.7 million in excess state aid, failed to complete required employee background checks, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on an administrative gym without required construction approvals. They also identified an estimated $18.7 million in missed health insurance savings, a stalled museum project that cost $2.5 million so far, and violations involving catering and employee entertainment.
NJ data center emitted staggering amounts of air pollution for nearly a year before regulators intervened
Farmland surrounds the controversial data center in Vineland, where for months residents have complained of noise pollution that many suspect is linked to the site’s generators. (Evan Simon / Floodlight) This article was produced in partnership between Floodlight and The Guardian.
Nuclear task force holds first meeting as NJ pursues new reactors
Gov. Mikie Sherrill and members of her Nuclear Task Force. Photo: Governor’s Office. Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s Nuclear Task Force held its first meeting Thursday, establishing five subcommittees to help New Jersey prepare for new nuclear power development amid rising electricity costs and growing demand. The panel reviewed a draft charter and outlined its work on regulatory requirements, financing, technology, workforce training, and public engagement.
Despite reforms, NJ prisons face persistent staffing and safety problems
A view of New Jersey State Prison in Trenton. A section of the prison is almost 200 years old. Photo by Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. New Jersey’s state prison system continues to grapple with chronic staffing shortages, decaying facilities, an aging prison population and a worrying cluster of unnatural deaths, according to a state prison watchdog’s annual report.
New Jersey’s high rents undermine efforts to reduce poverty
Housing costs account for about 28% of poverty in New Jersey, the third-highest share among states, according to new research by Zachary Parolin, an Oxford University professor who studies inequality. Only Hawaii and California had larger shares of poverty attributable to housing costs. Washington, D.C., also ranked higher than New Jersey. Between 1985 and 2023, rents in New Jersey grew by 48%, the seventh-highest increase in the country, while income grew by 32%, according to Parolin’s study.