Downtown Jersey City finally got another bagel shop, all it took was Timothée Chalamet coming to town

New numbers on public support for changes to OPRA: 81% oppose.

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NJ Transit board approves double-digit fare hikes newjerseymonitor.com/2024/04/10/nj-… via Sophie Nieto-Muñoz

NJ Transit fare increase of 15% on July 1 and up to 3% in perpetuity receives unanimous approval from the board after an hour of people speaking out against the hike.

A restructuring analysis of NJ TRANSIT — ordered to take place a year ago — recently began, though the scope and contract have been withheld for 2+ months.

Yet the board is voting on a fare proposal with long-term financial implications today.

My story
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Bill to restrict sharing of police body cam footage sparks transparency concerns — 'Because of one bad YouTube channel, this is going to criminalize journalism and folks who work in good government...these bills are just bad for transparency.' newjerseymonitor.com/2024/04/10/bil… Sophie Nieto-Muñoz

Republican Jack Ciattarelli launches long-anticipated run for governor newjerseymonitor.com/2024/04/09/rep… via Sophie Nieto-Muñoz

Crowd is building up at the American Hotel in Freehold, where Jack Ciattarelli will announce his run for the Republican nominee for governor tonight, marking his third gubernatorial bid.

Nadine Menendez’s attorneys want her trial date postponed because she was recently diagnosed with a “serious medical condition”

The bill to revamp OPRA — reviled by transparency advocates — will NOT be heard this Thursday, N.J. Sarlo just said during a Senate budget hearing just now. Discussions re amendments 'are ongoing,' he said. Background: newjerseymonitor.com/2024/03/11/law…

Nadine Menendez's attorneys want to withdraw from case newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/nadine-… via Sophie Nieto-Muñoz

came to the park for the eclipse, stayed for the guy on the phone yelling at his friend who refuses to renew his license at the bayonne dmv

welp

no new earthquake tweets ‼️ that window has expired ‼️

Charles Barker’s term as a cannabis commissioner is up this month, and the Murphy administration this week declined to comment on what the governor plans to do.

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BREAKING: Three multiple family homes on 3rd street and 7th avenue in Newark, New Jersey have been evacuated and condemned following this morning's earthquake. Houses are leaning into each other and a chimney is crumbling, Karina Dale Gerry is reporting.

To clarify it was a NEW JERSEY earthquake, ok?

media twitter is going to be insufferable today and i'm here for it

Eric Adams is like New York City is the San Andreas Fault of America

For a lot of human history, an earthquake followed a few days later by a total eclipse would be taken as a pretty good sign of the end times