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September 16, 2023

New Jersey Politics

Opinion

Did those 4 little girls die in vain 60 years ago in Birmingham? | Shamsi-Basha

Today marks 60 years after the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.

By Karim Shamsi-Basha | For Mosaic

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27 fast food chain restaurants can reopen after paying more than $600K in back wages, state says

The wages went to 314 of the chain's workers, the state said.

By Karin Price Mueller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Here’s who Murphy picked to succeed the late Sheila Oliver as head of a top N.J. department

Jacquelyn Suárez will become the first Hispanic leader of the state Department of Community Affairs.

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Feds will not probe cause of NJ Transit train derailment in Penn Station

Federal officials are investigating Monday's NJ Transit train derailment in areas that was part of 2017 "summer of hell" Penn Station track work projects.

By Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Updating N.J. school funding formula key to high-performance, report says

If New Jersey wants test scores that top the national charts, it will need to readjust its funding formula to reflect recent higher standards.

By Tina Kelley | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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In a ‘bleak’ new portrait of NJ’s political diversity, white men still hold most political offices | Opinion

A first look at diversity in Garden State politics reveals a good deal of untapped potential

By Jean Sinzdak and Debbie Walsh | Mosaic guest columnists

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