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NJ will pay the US Treasury $150M. Here’s why

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/28/2025 12:08 AM

The payment largely stems from a controversial state bond sale in 2020 The post NJ will pay the US Treasury $150M. Here’s why appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Op-Ed: Democrats must throw out the old playbook to fight Trump and win

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/28/2025 12:05 AM

NJ congresswoman says Democrats must be willing to play hardball, disrupt norms and institutions The post Op-Ed: Democrats must throw out the old playbook to fight Trump and win appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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NJ Spotlight News special edition — Paradox: Rising Water and Mounting Costs: April 25, 2025

By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 4/25/2025 6:30 PM

In honor of NJ PBS’ “Shore Week” — a weeklong celebration of New Jersey’s most iconic destinations under threat from environmental challenges — we’re bringing it to a close tonight with an encore presentation of a documentary we produced called “Paradox: Rising Waters and Mounting Costs.” The Jersey Shore’s sunny beaches and shallow surf have […] The post NJ Spotlight News special edition — Paradox: Rising Water and Mounting Costs: April 25, 2025 appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Can NJ rein in problem gambling?

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/25/2025 12:11 AM

State task force recommends more addiction services, more education and new advertising requirements The post Can NJ rein in problem gambling? appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Trump and GOP move fast to reverse energy efficiency rules

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/25/2025 12:10 AM

Three recent votes in Congress tell the story The post Trump and GOP move fast to reverse energy efficiency rules appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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NJ cut back prescribed burns in Pine Barrens — and faces massive wildfire

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/25/2025 12:07 AM

With near drought conditions, state forest fire officials reduced prescribed burns this spring and worried about ‘quite a fire season’ ahead The post NJ cut back prescribed burns in Pine Barrens — and faces massive wildfire appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Gubernatorial candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Josh Gottheimer | Chat Box

By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 4/25/2025 12:05 AM

One-on-one conversations with Republican and Democratic contenders The post Gubernatorial candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Josh Gottheimer | Chat Box appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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NJ Spotlight News: April 24, 2025

By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 4/24/2025 6:31 PM

We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. State lawyers work ‘around the clock’ as NJ challenges Trump’s orders Interview: New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin ‘Complete devastation’ for business destroyed in Jones Road Wildfire Police arrested […] The post NJ Spotlight News: April 24, 2025 appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Lawmakers point fingers as energy prices set to rise

By NJ Spotlight | Joanna Gagis | 4/24/2025 5:30 PM

Energy bills set to spike on June 1 The post Lawmakers point fingers as energy prices set to rise appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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NJ businesses rush to stockpile as Trump tariffs push up prices

By NJ Spotlight | Genesis Obando | 4/24/2025 5:28 PM

Businesses are scrambling for merchandise and raw materials, hoping to avoid shortages The post NJ businesses rush to stockpile as Trump tariffs push up prices appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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‘Complete devastation’ for business destroyed in wildfire

By NJ Spotlight | Genesis Obando | 4/24/2025 5:25 PM

Police arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the Jones Road Wildfire The post ‘Complete devastation’ for business destroyed in wildfire appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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State lawyers work ‘around the clock’ as NJ challenges Trump’s orders

By NJ Spotlight | Genesis Obando | 4/24/2025 5:22 PM

Interview: New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin The post State lawyers work ‘around the clock’ as NJ challenges Trump’s orders appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Bridge and tunnel upgrades will deliver economic boon, report says

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/24/2025 12:11 AM

Multibillion-dollar Gateway Program could generate $450 billion in long-term economic benefits The post Bridge and tunnel upgrades will deliver economic boon, report says appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Murphy budget plan threatens cancer screening in NJ

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/24/2025 12:09 AM

Screen NJ official fears layoffs, other impacts if funding is cut The post Murphy budget plan threatens cancer screening in NJ appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Opponents want permit extension for LNG export terminal denied

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/24/2025 12:08 AM

Developer says Gibbstown project has not changed significantly since last extension The post Opponents want permit extension for LNG export terminal denied appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Op-Ed: RNG and hydrogen are vital to New Jersey’s clean-energy future

By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 4/24/2025 12:06 AM

CEO of SJI says renewable natural gas and hydrogen are key to safe, reliable and affordable energy The post Op-Ed: RNG and hydrogen are vital to New Jersey’s clean-energy future appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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NJ Spotlight News: April 23, 2025

By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 4/23/2025 6:31 PM

We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. Ocean County wildfire forced thousands to evacuate The Jones Road Wildfire intensified on Tuesday night and could be the largest in 20 years. NJ city delays vote on controversial […] The post NJ Spotlight News: April 23, 2025 appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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NJ city delays vote on controversial homelessness ordinance

By NJ Spotlight | Genesis Obando | 4/23/2025 5:32 PM

In Summit, critics say the ordinance would criminalize homelessness The post NJ city delays vote on controversial homelessness ordinance appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Six Democrats in Hudson County vie for two Assembly seats

By NJ Spotlight | David Cruz | 4/23/2025 5:29 PM

The contest highlights the demise of the county line The post Six Democrats in Hudson County vie for two Assembly seats appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

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Ocean County wildfire forced thousands to evacuate

By NJ Spotlight | Genesis Obando | 4/23/2025 5:22 PM

The Jones Road Wildfire intensified on Tuesday night, could be largest in 20 years The post Ocean County wildfire forced thousands to evacuate appeared first on NJ Spotlight News. ... Read full Story

basketball

How boldly taking the ball out of Nikola Jokić's hands in crunch time clinched Game 5 for the Nuggets

by CBS Interactive Inc | Apr 30 2025

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13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

book

Your Met Gala 2025 reading list

by BookPage | Apr 30 2025

connecticut

Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?

by CT Mirror | Apr 30 2025

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Amazon airline prioritizes bigger aircraft to handle third-party cargo

by FreightWaves | Apr 07 2025

finance

Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz withdraw guidance as VW says it can’t quantify tariff hit

by MarketWatch.com | Apr 30 2025

food

Chocolate-covered espresso beans: The ultimate combination of sweet and bitter

by THE MANUAL | Apr 30 2025

health

Ozempic May Cause Cosmetic Side Effects Like Sagging Skin, Wrinkly Feet

by Healthline.com | Apr 29 2025

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Mortgage Rates Go Down Over the Last Week: Mortgage Interest Rates for April 30, 2025

by CNET | Apr 30 2025

long_island

Family of missing Nassau politician urges public to join beach search

by greaterlongisland.com | Apr 29 2025

politics

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

by Fox News | Apr 30 2025

real_estate

This is the largest office-to-residential conversion in the US — and it’s just the beginning

by NY Post | Apr 29 2025

shopping

A Classic Budget Alternative to the Royal Oak Is Now Even More Versatile

by Gear Patrol | Apr 29 2025

upstate

5 things to know this Wednesday, April 30

by NEWS10 ABC | Apr 30 2025

world

Police reveal additional details about Vancouver car-ramming victims

by United Press International, Inc. | Apr 29 2025

Word of the Day

insouciance

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 30, 2025 is:

insouciance • \in-SOO-see-unss\ • noun

Insouciance is a formal word that refers to a feeling of carefree unconcern. It can also be understood as a word for the relaxed and calm state of a person who is not worried about anything.

// The young actor charmed interviewers with his easy smile and devil-may-care insouciance.

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Examples:

“Gladiator II is OK when Denzel’s off-screen, but sensational when he’s on it. ... What makes the performance great is its insouciance; it’s both precise and feather-light. And it’s what a great actor can do when he’s set free to have fun, to laugh at himself a little bit. ... Denzel’s Macrinus is gravitas and comic relief in one package.” — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 22 Nov. 2024

Did you know?

If you were alive and of whistling age in the late 1980s or early 1990s, chances are you whistled (and snapped your fingers, and tapped your toes) to a little ditty called “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin, an a cappella reggae-jazz-pop tune that took the charts by surprise and by storm. An ode to cheerful insouciance if ever there was one, its lyrics are entirely concerned with being entirely unconcerned, remaining trouble-free in the face of life’s various stressors and calamities. Such carefree nonchalance is at the heart of insouciance, which arrived in English (along with the adjective insouciant), from French, in the 1800s. The French word comes from a combining of the negative prefix in- with the verb soucier, meaning “to trouble or disturb.” The easiness and breeziness of insouciance isn’t always considered beautiful, however. Insouciance may also be used when someone’s lack of concern for serious matters is seen as more careless than carefree.

NJ will pay the US Treasury $150M. Here’s why

Op-Ed: Democrats must throw out the old playbook to fight Trump and win

NJ Spotlight News special edition — Paradox: Rising Water and Mounting Costs: April 25, 2025

Can NJ rein in problem gambling?

Trump and GOP move fast to reverse energy efficiency rules

NJ cut back prescribed burns in Pine Barrens — and faces massive wildfire

Gubernatorial candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Josh Gottheimer | Chat Box

NJ Spotlight News: April 24, 2025

Lawmakers point fingers as energy prices set to rise

NJ businesses rush to stockpile as Trump tariffs push up prices

‘Complete devastation’ for business destroyed in wildfire

State lawyers work ‘around the clock’ as NJ challenges Trump’s orders

Bridge and tunnel upgrades will deliver economic boon, report says

Murphy budget plan threatens cancer screening in NJ

Opponents want permit extension for LNG export terminal denied

Op-Ed: RNG and hydrogen are vital to New Jersey’s clean-energy future

NJ Spotlight News: April 23, 2025

NJ city delays vote on controversial homelessness ordinance

Six Democrats in Hudson County vie for two Assembly seats

Ocean County wildfire forced thousands to evacuate

How boldly taking the ball out of Nikola Jokić's hands in crunch time clinched Game 5 for the Nuggets

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

Your Met Gala 2025 reading list

Who gets to decide how CT should spend opioid settlement funds?

Amazon airline prioritizes bigger aircraft to handle third-party cargo

Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz withdraw guidance as VW says it can’t quantify tariff hit

Chocolate-covered espresso beans: The ultimate combination of sweet and bitter

Ozempic May Cause Cosmetic Side Effects Like Sagging Skin, Wrinkly Feet

Mortgage Rates Go Down Over the Last Week: Mortgage Interest Rates for April 30, 2025

Family of missing Nassau politician urges public to join beach search

Sen. Graham responds in kind to Trump's joke about wanting to be pope: 'Keep an open mind'

This is the largest office-to-residential conversion in the US — and it’s just the beginning

A Classic Budget Alternative to the Royal Oak Is Now Even More Versatile

5 things to know this Wednesday, April 30

Police reveal additional details about Vancouver car-ramming victims

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

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2.Look: Zoo using realistic puppet to feed newly-hatched king vulture chick

3.Owner of lost $5,000 cash thought calls from police were a scam

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8.Mother horse, baby rescued from mud pit in Arizona

9.Man wins $6M lottery prize after more than 40 years of playing

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