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May 2, 2021

New Jersey Politics

Opinion

New Jersey should take the lead in a menthol cigarette ban | Editorial

Let's not wait for the FDA. Massachusetts, California and Illinois didn't.

By Star-Ledger Editorial Board

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A weekly update on how New Jersey's schools are adapting during this pandemic.

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Bobby was violently abused at a state institution decades ago. Why his brother spread his ashes there.

Author of harrowing book on violence and rape at a state facility in Burlington County decades ago returns to scatter his brother's ashes

By Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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Fighting for a seat

Some states have laws calling for a 50/50 split of men and women on powerful state boards and commissions. Not in New Jersey, where men still have most of the power, critics say.

By Kelly Heyboer | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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How this 100-year-old agency shaped and at times disgraced the region

The Port Authority is 100 years old and experts credit it with building the facilities that created the bi-state economy but succumbing to political pressure that led to waste and scandal.

By Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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On his last day, Tittel says we must have a sense of urgency | Opinion

We need to use all of the tools of environmental activism.

By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist

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They said people were fleeing N.J. But we beat census estimates by more than any state.

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, New Jersey officials managed to make sure its residents answered the Census.

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

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