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June 29, 2023

New Jersey Politics

Gloucester

Company to pay N.J. $393M in historic ‘forever chemical’ pollution case

The owners of Solvay Specialty Polymers plant in West Deptford agreed to the largest payment a polluter has ever made for contamination at a single site in New Jersey.

By S.P. Sullivan | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Opinion

Another sexist joins Team Murphy! | Moran

Randy Mastro, the lawyer who gave us a bias and sexist report on the Bridgegate scandal that cleared Chris Christ of all wrongdoing, is now working for the Murphy administration on congestion pricing.

By Tom Moran | Star-Ledger Editorial Board

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Politics

Child tax credit set to double for many N.J. families

State lawmakers are set to vote on the move as part of a new state budget.

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Spit, assaults and tantrums. Riders have lost ‘basic civility,’ NJ Transit says.

Driver assaults are at an all time high. A new campaign asks bus and train riders to be nicer.

By Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Tax break plan for big wind energy developer stirs controversy in N.J.

State lawmakers are considering the plan amid outcry Republicans and other critics.

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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N.J. property tax relief, affordable housing, big pension payment coming soon under $54B budget deal

Gov. Phil Murphy reached a last-minute deal with state lawmakers, who advanced it out of committee in dramatic fashion late Wednesday night

By Derek Hall | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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