The Jersey Vindicator

12/24/2025

New Jersey nursing homes let staff work without required background checks, audit finds

Eleven of 12 nursing homes reviewed did not fully comply with background check requirements.

12/24/2025

Multistate brief led by New Jersey attorney general challenges Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

States warn $100,000 H-1B visa fee would worsen teacher, health care shortages

12/23/2025

NJ State Senate Democrats join Trump’s war on the environment with new Scutari bill

What's Left. The latest column from Jeff Tittel.

12/23/2025

Haitian detainee’s death at Delaney Hall fuels renewed calls to close Newark ICE facility

Jean Wilson Brutus was detained the day before he died.

12/23/2025

New Jersey prison death rate rose as population fell, watchdog report finds

A total of 336 people died while serving sentences between 2018-2024.

12/23/2025

New Jersey co-leads multistate suit over Trump move to defund Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The lawsuit seeks a court order forcing the administration to request funding from the Federal Reserve.

12/20/2025

Bergen County Sheriff sued over alleged mistreatment of disabled U.S. Air Force veteran. By Steve Janoski⁠
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Read more at: https://jerseyvindicator.org/2025/12/16/bergen-county-sheriff-sued-over-alleged-mistreatment-of-disabled-u-s-air-force-veteran/

12/19/2025

‘Bad comedy show’: Mayors blast Trenton Water Works as ice jams cripple plant again. By Jeff Pillets⁠
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Read more at: https://jerseyvindicator.org/2025/12/18/bad-comedy-show-mayors-blast-trenton-water-works-as-ice-jams-cripple-plant-again/

12/19/2025

Sherrill names veteran prosecutor Jennifer Davenport as New Jersey attorney general pick. By Krystal Knapp / Photo by Andres Kudacki⁠
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Read more at: https://jerseyvindicator.org/2025/12/15/sherrill-names-veteran-prosecutor-jennifer-davenport-as-new-jersey-attorney-general-pick/

12/19/2025

Sen. Andy Kim renews call to close Delaney Hall as advocates decry worsening conditions and lack of heated shelter for visitors. By⁠
Steve Janoski / Photos by Andres Kudacki⁠
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Read more at: https://jerseyvindicator.org/2025/12/17/sen-andy-kim-renews-call-to-close-delaney-hall-as-advocates-decry-worsening-conditions-and-lack-of-heated-shelter-for-visitors/

12/19/2025

‘Bad comedy show’: Mayors blast Trenton Water Works as ice jams cripple plant again

The Trenton Water Works Filtration Plant along the Delaware River in Trenton on April 2. Photo: Andres Kudacki for The Jersey Vindicator. More than 200,000 Mercer County customers of Trenton Water Works are now under a state-mandated water conservation advisory after another breakdown at the utility’s treatment plant. The latest failure has prompted mayors from three surrounding towns to look into how they can leave Trenton Water Works in the future. State regulators said the plant was forced to shut down for three hours in recent days after ice particles from the Delaware River clogged an intake pipe at the Route 29 facility just north of the Calhoun Street Bridge....

More than 200,000 Mercer County customers of Trenton Water Works are now under a state-mandated water conservation advisory after another breakdown at the

12/17/2025

Sen. Andy Kim renews call to close Delaney Hall as advocates decry worsening conditions, lack of proper shelter for visitors

Visitors to the facility waited outside in the snow Sunday.