Episodes
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Jaime Bedrin discusses the first half of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's hearing
Jaime Bedrin discusses the first half of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's hearing by NJ News Commons
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Mary Galioto of MercerMe discusses her local news subscription program
Mary Galioto of MercerMe discusses her local news subscription program by NJ News Commons
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Matt Skoufalos of NJ Pen discusses NJ's new microbrewery regulations
Matt Skoufalos of NJ Pen discusses NJ's new microbrewery regulations by NJ News Commons
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Stefanie Murray discusses Jesse Holcomb's latest research
Stefanie Murray discusses Jesse Holcomb's latest research by NJ News Commons
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March 5, 2018
March 5, 2018 Partly cloudy with high temperatures in the mid-40s. MURPHY INAUGURATION COST MORE THAN $1 MILLION The committee that planned the inauguration of Gov. Phil Murphy spent $1.1 million on the swearing-in ceremony in Trenton and the inaugural festivities held at MetLife Stadium in East...
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March 1, 2018
March 1, 2018 Showers with high temperatures in the upper 50s. Storms moving in later. CONDITIONS CALLED ‘INHUMANE’ AT IMMIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS A human rights organization says immigrants being held at three detention centers in New Jersey are subjected to “harsh and inhumane” conditions, The...
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February 28, 2018
February 28, 2018 Partly cloudy with high temperatures near 60. REPORT: ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN NJ ROSE 32% IN 2017 A report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League says the number of anti-Semitic incidents in New Jersey increased by 32 percent in 2017, compared with the previous year,...
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February 27, 2018
February 27, 2018 Sunny with temperatures in the upper 50s. TENSIONS RUN HIGH IN NJ SCHOOLS SINCE FLORIDA SHOOTINGS Since the massacre at a school in Parkland, Florida, in which 17 people were killed, tensions have been running high in New Jersey schools, The Record reports. Dumont High School…
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Local Beat for February 23, 2018
Local Beat is the NJ News Commons’ weekly roundup of the best reporting by community news sources. PROTESTERS PLEAD ‘NOT GUILTY’ TO CHARGES OF DEFIANT TRESPASSING AT REP. LEONARD LANCE’S OFFICE Six protestors who were arrested earlier this month at a demonstration in support of DREAMers at Rep....
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February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018 Rain with temperatures falling from the upper 40s to the mid-30s. NJ STUDENTS HOLD WALKOUTS OVER SCHOOL SHOOTINGS In solidarity with students in Parkland, Florida, students across New Jersey staged walkouts from school Wednesday to demand action on gun control, NJ.com reports....
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February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018 Scattered showers, clearing later, with high temperatures in the mid-40s. BLACK INFANTS IN NJ DYING AT ALARMING RATE, HEALTH EXPERTS SAY The state’s infant mortality rate for black babies was third-highest in the country in 2015, NJ.com reports. This contrasts sharply with New...
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February 8, 2018
February 8, 2018 Mostly sunny with high temperatures in the low 30s. NTSB NOTES AIRSPEED IN FATAL TETERBORO JET CRASH The National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots of a Learjet that crashed at Teterboro Airport last year had allowed the aircraft to slow too much, Bloomberg News writes....
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February 7, 2018
February 7, 2018 Rain and snow with high temperatures in the low 40s. NTSB CITES ENGINEER’S SLEEP APNEA IN HOBOKEN TRAIN CRASH The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the undiagnosed sleep apnea of a NJ Transit train engineer led to a fatal train crash in Hoboken in September...
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February 6, 2018
February 6, 2018 Possible snow showers early on, but expect partly cloudy skies with high temperatures in the upper 30s later in the day. GUN RIGHTS GROUP SUES NJ OVER CARRY LAW The Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs is challenging in federal court the Garden State’s restrictions on...
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Local Beat for February 2, 2018
Local Beat is the NJ News Commons’ weekly roundup of the best reporting by community news sources. BEYOND HATE: A CONVERSATION WITH A REFORMED, FORMER KKK MEMBER Chaplain Joe Bednarsky was once the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Today, he preaches love over hate for all at a church in South Jersey,...
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February 1, 2018
February 1, 2018 Scattered showers with high temperatures in the upper 40s. MENENDEZ WILL NOT FACE RETRIAL IN BRIBERY CASE The Justice Department said Wednesday that it would not retry Sen. Bob Menendez on bribery and fraud charges, Politico.com reports. A federal judge then dismissed the case....
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January 31, 2018
January 31, 2018 Mostly sunny with high temperatures in the mid-30s. FLU CLAIMED LIFE OF 4-YEAR-OLD IN NJ, OFFICIALS CONFIRM Health officials confirmed that the flu was the cause of death for a 4-year-old girl, making her the first New Jerseyan to lose her life to the illness this winter, NJ.com...
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January 30, 2018
January 30, 2018 Snow showers early and cloudy later with high temperatures near 40 degrees. CHRISTIE JOINS ABC AS CONTRIBUTOR, APPEARS ON ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’ Former Gov. Chris Christie made his debut as an ABC News contributor this morning with an appearance on “Good Morning America” in which...
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January 29, 2018
January 29, 2018 Mostly cloudy with rain and snow tonight. High temperatures in the mid-40s. U.S. REP. SIRES BOYCOTTING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS When President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union Address on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Albio Sires of West New York will not be in…
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January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018 Rain with high temperatures in the upper 50s. COVERING UP POLICE MISCONDUCT COSTS MILLIONS, REPORT SAYS A two-year investigation by the Asbury Park Press finds that various government entities have spent more than $40 million over the last decade to cover up police misconduct. “A...
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January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 Cloudy with high temperatures in the upper 40s. WOMEN MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN NEW JERSEY Thousands of women converged on Morristown on Saturday as part of the Women’s Marches that took place across the country, Morristown Green reports. First Lady Tammy Murphy addressed the...
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January 17, 2018
January 17, 2018 Rain and snow with high temperatures in the mid-30s. NEW GOVERNOR STRIKES NOTES OF OPTIMISM AND URGENCY After taking the oath of office in Trenton on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy invoked themes from the late President John F. Kennedy in his inaugural address, calling for service and...
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January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018 Cloudy with high temperatures in the mid-30s. Snow possible this evening. AFTER TAKING OATH TODAY, MURPHY EXPECTED TO BRING BIG CHANGES Phil Murphy, a Democrat, will be sworn in today as governor of New Jersey and the state is expected to move to the left as Republican Chris...
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January 11, 2018
January 11, 2018 Mostly cloudy with high temperatures in the upper 40s. MURPHY ASKS NJ TRANSIT SENIOR EMPLOYEES TO RESIGN Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, who has called NJ Transit “a national disgrace,” has asked a group of senior staff members at the agency to resign. NJ Advance Media reports that...
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January 10, 2018
January 10, 2018 Sunny with high temperatures in the mid-30s. IN FINAL STATE OF STATE, CHRISTIE PRAISES HIMSELF In his last official address to the Legislature, Gov. Chris Christie highlighted his accomplishments on urban renewal, property taxes and education, John Reitmeyer writes for NJ...
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January 9, 2018
January 9, 2018 The thaw is here! Sunny with high temperatures near 40. LAWMAKERS OK INCENTIVE PACKAGE TO LURE AMAZON A corporate-tax incentive package intended to entice Amazon to build its new headquarters in Newark won final approval in the Legislature on Monday and has been sent to Gov. Chris...
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January 8, 2018
January 8, 2018 Partly cloudy with high temperatures in the low 30s. Wintry mix of precipitation in the late afternoon. BRENDAN BYRNE REMEMBERED AS CARING AND DECENT Three former governors offered their memories to NJ Spotlight of former Gov. Brendan Byrne, who died Thursday at age 93. Gov. Chris...
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Local Beat for January 5, 2018
January 5, 2018 Local Beat is the NJ News Commons’ weekly roundup of the best reporting by community news sources. OAKLYN FD RESCUES DOG FROM FROZEN CREEK, SAVES CHICKENS FROM BURNING COOP On the historic 300th call of the year, the Oaklyn Fire Department rescued a dog from a frozen Newton Creek,...
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January 3, 2017
January 3, 2018 Partly cloudy with high temperatures near 30 degrees. NJ BRACES FOR STORM THAT COULD UNLEASH ‘BOMB CYCLONE’ Watch for milk and bread to disappear from supermarket shelves today, as New Jerseyans prepare for a significant snowstorm that is moving up the Atlantic Coast. Len…
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January 2, 2018
January 2, 2018 Sunny with high temperatures in the mid-20s. NEW LAWS TAKE EFFECT ON SALES TAX, ESTATE TAX, MINIMUM WAGE The state sales tax has dropped to just over 6.6 percent and the estate tax has been eliminated, now that 2018 has arrived, Patch.com reports. The minimum wage in New Jersey…
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Your favorite Local Beat stories from 2017!
Below is a roundup of some of the best Local Beat stories from 2017. Local Beat is the NJ News Commons’ weekly roundup of the best reporting by community news sources in New Jersey. NOTE: This will be our last newsletter until we return from the holiday break on Jan. 2, 2018. Link to full...
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December 20, 2017
Partly cloudy with high temperatures in the low 40s. CHRISTIE: KUSHNER ‘DESERVES THE SCRUTINY’ OF MUELLER Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, “deserves the scrutiny” of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russia’s ties to the administration…
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December 19, 2017
December 19, 2017 Partly cloudy with high temperatures in the low 50s. CAP ON POLICE AND FIREFIGHTER RAISES SET TO EXPIRE A 2 percent cap on the raises New Jersey police and firefighters can win in arbitration is set to expire at the end of the year -- and if the Legislature doesn’t extend it,...
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December 14, 2017
December 14, 2017 Snow with high temperatures in the mid-30s and lows in the teens. NJ TRANSIT PAID $4.4 MILLION TO BUY EMPTY FLOOR IT HAD LEASED NJ Transit paid $4.4 million to buy office space in Newark that it had leased but had not used, Curtis Tate reports for The Record. The agency had…
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December 13, 2017
December 13, 2017 Cloudy with high temperatures barely above freezing and lows in the mid-20s. Brrr! MURPHY NOMINATES INDIAN-AMERICAN SIKH FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL Gov.-elect Phil Murphy is nominating Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal for state attorney general, Nicholas Pugliese reports for...
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December 12, 2017
December 12, 2017 Showers with high temperatures in the mid-40s. Colder Wednesday. WESTFIELD CORPORATION, OWNER OF GARDEN STATE PLAZA, TO BE SOLD In a deal worth nearly $16 billion, a European property company has agreed to buy Westfield Corp., the Australian company that owns the Garden State...
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December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017 by NJ News Commons
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Local Beat for December 8, 2017
December 8, 2017 Mostly cloudy with highs in the lower 40s. Expect light snow showers tomorrow morning. Local Beat is the NJ News Commons’ weekly roundup of the best reporting by community news sources. NEWARK'S EXECUTIVE PROTECTION UNIT RACKED UP MORE THAN $1M IN OVERTIME, RECORDS SHOW There are...
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December 6, 2017
Partly cloudy and colder today with highs in the mid-40s. MARS WRIGLEY MOVING U.S. HEADQUARTERS TO NEWARK Mars Wrigley Confectionary announced Tuesday that it will move its U.S. headquarters from Chicago to Newark. The candy maker will occupy a 110,000-square-foot space in the Ironside Newark...
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December 5, 2017
Scattered showers with high temperatures near 60. Colder weather ahead. INSIDE BLOOD-TESTING SCANDAL: BRIBES FOR DOCTORS Ten months after the head of a medical laboratory testified in federal court in Newark that his company bribed doctors to get business, Ted Sherman reports for NJ.com that the...
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December 4, 2017
Mostly sunny with high temperatures in the upper 40s. U.S. SUPREME COURT HEARING SPORTS-BETTING CASE TODAY Gov. Chris Christie is in Washington, D.C., today to listen in as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments about whether sports betting should be legal in New Jersey. Christie has a lot…
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Local Beat for December 1, 2017
Local Beat is the NJ News Commons’ weekly roundup of the best reporting by community news sources. COST OF NEW BRUNSWICK POLICE CORRUPTION AND RACISM CASES TOPS $2M Taxpayers in multiple New Jersey counties are footing the multi-million dollar bill for the team of lawyers representing New...
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November 30, 2017
Partly cloudy with high temperatures in the low 50s. 25% OF NJ TRANSIT RAIL MANAGERS LEFT OVER 2 YEARS A quarter of NJ Transit’s rail managers left the agency in the two years before the deadly crash at Hoboken Terminal, Curtis Tate reports for The Record. The railroad reported the turnover to…
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November 29, 2017
Sunny with high temperatures near 60 degrees. Cooler weather on the way. MURPHY CONFIDENT LAWMAKERS WILL PASS MILLIONAIRES TAX Gov.-elect Phil Murphy says he fully expects the Legislature to pass a millionaires tax, even though enthusiasm seems to be softening among some Democratic leaders. State...
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November 28, 2017
Mostly sunny with high temperatures in the mid-50s. LEGALIZING MARIJUANA COULD BRING HIGHER CAR INSURANCE RATES In his campaign for governor, Phil Murphy pledged to legalize marijuana in New Jersey. If the governor-elect succeeds in that effort, New Jersey drivers can expect to see their car...
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November 27, 2017
Sunny with high temperatures in the low 50s. REMNANTS OF MORRIS CANAL BEING REBORN AS HIKING, BIKING TRAILS North Jersey’s Morris Canal was once the main mode of transportation for goods headed to New York. But time, transportation advances and development turned it into a relic, with only pieces...
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November 22, 2017
November 22, 2017 For this heavy travel day, cloudy with occasional rain. High temperatures in the low-50s. Cooler on Thanksgiving. CHRISTIE STAYS FEISTY ON RADIO CALL-IN SHOW With less than two months left in his term as governor, Chris Christie used his monthly radio call-in show to take swipes...
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The Daily News Roundup podcast is taking a short break.
Hey folks! I’ll be on vacation for the next several days, so there will be no audio version of the Daily News Roundup until I get back. In the meantime, you can still get daily New Jersey news and information via our regular email newsletter. Click here to subscribe: www.bit.ly/ccmroundup See you...
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November 9, 2017
November 9, 2017 Mostly cloudy with highs in the low 50s. But colder weather is on the way. MENENDEZ CONFIDENT AS JURY DELIBERATIONS REACH THIRD DAY After the second full day of jury deliberations in his bribery trial, Sen. Bob Menendez said Wednesday that he is confident he will be cleared of...
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November 7, 2017
November 7, 2017 Partly cloudy with highs near 50 degrees. VOTERS DECIDING TODAY ON CHRISTIE'S SUCCESSOR Polls are open until 8 p.m. across the state as voters choose the next governor and consider two ballot measures. NJ.com offers a guide to the governor's race, in which Republican Kim Guadagno...