By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/24/2025 12:06 AM
The budget raid on the trust fund was a big blow to the prospect of new affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 7/23/2025 6:30 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. NJ Supreme Court upholds state takeover of Paterson PD The ruling leaves authority for similar actions in question. Ciattarelli announces Morris County sheriff as running mate Republican candidate for […]
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Republican candidate for governor names Jim Gannon for lieutenant governor
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HUD signals takeover is the ‘most appropriate substantial default remedy’
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The ruling leaves authority for similar actions in question
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/23/2025 12:12 AM
A win for CoreCivic, which operates Elizabeth Detention Center, could mean ICE expands
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/23/2025 12:10 AM
NJ affiliates will continue to deliver services but ineligible for Medicaid funding
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/23/2025 12:07 AM
Amid inflation, more retirees than ever depend greatly on the program
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/23/2025 12:06 AM
‘At the center of the problem is a conflict of interest’ involving public utilities
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 7/22/2025 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. Judges reject Alina Habba for US Attorney of New Jersey Habba’s first assistant, Desiree Grace, was selected for the role. NJ’s new maternal health center vows a ‘safer birth […]
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Legislation would authorize state treasurer to fine companies for greenhouse gas emissions
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Interview: First lady Tammy Murphy
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Shore towns blindsided, worry about long-term impact of funding cuts
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US attorney general removes assistant prosecutor judges had selected to replace Habba
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/22/2025 12:07 AM
Arrive Together crisis-response program serves as a lesson
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Biden-era rules sought protections for workers, residents from cancer-causing chemical
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/22/2025 12:04 AM
The Camden Coalition’s housing-first service gets zero in state budget
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 7/21/2025 6:30 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. Alina Habba’s temporary tenure stirred the political pot U.S. District Court judges to decide on extending Habba’s term as U.S. attorney for NJ. Students, families join fight against Trump […]
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Newark, Atlantic City and Merchantville would have 'cannabis lounges' if they pass state inspections
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U.S. District Court judges to decide on extending Habba's term as U.S. attorney for NJ
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\ noun
Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.
// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.
// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.
“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
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Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.