Community Food Bank of NJ says "virtually impossible" to meet demands without SNAP funding
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Parents are struggling to find vaccines for their small children
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Proposed reforms include improved oversight of state programs and contracts
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RFK Jr. gave all organizations in charge of medical education standards two weeks to include nutrition in licensing exams and residency requirements
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 10/20/2025 10:30 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.
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Rutgers placed Alpha Sigma Phi on a cease and desist order for all activities until May
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No longer a reliable Democratic constituency, voters say they want a candidate who shows up
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By NJ Spotlight | Hannah Gross | 10/20/2025 4:15 AM
Special education latest hit by federal job eliminations
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Now topping $4,000 an ounce, gold boomed over last seven months
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Here’s what Ciattarelli, Sherrill say they plan to do about affordable housing, rent
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 10/17/2025 10:31 PM
We bring you a special NJ Spotlight News edition of Reporters Roundtable with David Cruz. He’ll talk to a panel of local journalists about this week’s top political headlines and other major stories.
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Polls show Sherrill holds single digit lead in tightening race
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NJ Department of Environmental Protection found 'notable erosion'
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Corporate taxes down amid tariffs, trade war
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It's another attack on Democratic states. And another move to cut funding approved by Congress
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Democrat Sherrill looks to use tunnel move against Ciattarelli, the Republican backed by Trump
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Latino business community celebrates economic strength while grappling with immigration fears
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After uneven summer season, 2026 could be better, officials say
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Next governor will have wide discretion over support for mental health emergency response programs
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Affordability, immigration and housing are top issues among voters
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 2, 2025 is:
arbitrary \AHR-buh-trair-ee\ adjective
Arbitrary describes something that is not planned or chosen for a particular reason, is not based on reason or evidence, or is done without concern for what is fair or right.
// Because the committee wasn’t transparent about the selection process, the results of the process appeared to be wholly arbitrary.
// An arbitrary number will be assigned to each participant.
“The authority of the crown, contemporaries believed, was instituted by God to rule the kingdom and its people. England’s sovereign was required to be both a warrior and a judge, to protect the realm from external attack and internal anarchy. To depose the king, therefore, was to risk everything—worldly security and immortal soul—by challenging the order of God’s creation. Such devastatingly radical action could never be justified unless kingship became tyranny: rule by arbitrary will rather than law, threatening the interests of kingdom and people instead of defending them.” — Helen Castor, The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV, 2024
Did you know?
Donning black robes and a powdered wig to learn about arbitrary might seem to be an arbitrary—that is, random or capricious—choice, but it would in fact jibe with the word’s etymology. Arbitrary comes from the Latin noun arbiter, which means “judge” and is the source of the English word arbiter, also meaning “judge.” In English, arbitrary first meant “depending upon choice or discretion” and was specifically used to indicate the sort of decision (as for punishment) left up to the expert determination of a judge rather than defined by law. Today, it can also be used for anything determined by or as if by chance or whim.