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December 18, 2021

New Jersey Politics

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Hate those gas-powered leaf blowers? N.J. may be banning them.

Legislators are citing environmental and noise pollution concerns.

By Karin Price Mueller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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See how your town voted in the surprisingly tight 2021 N.J. governor’s race

Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli won 355 of the state’s 565 municipalities.

By Nick Devlin | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Acting Attorney General announces racial justice efforts, anti-discrimination policy for 720K workers

New Jersey's top law enforcement official announced a broad range of efforts he said are aimed at combating discrimination and promoting racial justice.

By Noah Cohen | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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On the N.J. waterfront, supply chain disruptions seem a world away

Gov. Phil Murphy, crediting years of infrastructure investments, said the shipping delays causing so much problems on the West Coast has not been mirrored here.

By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Murphy pushes nominee on Waterfront Commission as N.J. seeks to kill it

Commissioner designate spoke at an International Longshoremen's Association convention of his friendship with the union's president, who fought the agency over its enforcement role.

By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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As COVID grows in N.J., Murphy says ‘everything on the table’ in fight to contain its renewed spread

“Going to someone’s New Year’s party in some basement somewhere with a bunch of people you don’t know — that’s a flashing yellow if not red light," Gov. Phil Murphy said.

By Ted Sherman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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