By Terrence T. McDonald | Editor
Happy Saturday!
Here's what we learned this week:
Lawmakers are eyeing a funding stream for NJ PBS, local news.
The New Jersey Supreme Court urged officials not to use personal email for government business.
A Newark memo sparked a dispute over response to 911 calls outside migrant jail.
A bill advanced to update NJ’s 19th-century midwife laws.
Critics say bias is behind car insurance rates and urged lawmakers to act.
The AP finally called the GOP primary for the House seat in the 9th District for Rosie Pino.
A new proposed law would extend longer involuntary holds for psychiatric patients.
A reproductive and transgender healthcare protections bill cleared its final committee hearing in the Legislature, but its final passage was delayed with a last-minute change suggested by First Amendment advocates. Supporters rallied for the bill anyway in Trenton.
The feds declared a disaster for the April freeze that killed NJ crops.
Gov. Sherrill finally got a tour of Delaney Hall, but said she wasn’t allowed to speak to detainees.
Josephine Oliveri shields heself from the sun outside the Statehouse in support of A2218, a bill meant to protect reproductive and transgender healthcare, on June 11, 2026. (Photo by Anne-Marie Caruso/New Jersey Monitor)
And from D.C. and elsewhere:
Judge blocks Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund until government agrees it’s been dissolved.
Corporate logos abound on White House grounds in prep for fights by Trump-allied UFC.
Trump attack on California election offers midterm preview.
Billions for the next 3 years of Trump’s mass deportation campaign signed into law.
Projected Social Security benefits cliff creeps up to 2032.
Homeland Security retreats on plan to get data on mail-in voters.
Trump launches new strikes on Iran after US Army helicopter downed.
Trump administration $100,000 visa fee for highly skilled foreign workers struck down.
Have a great weekend!
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