Back to School Blues: Governor Murphy’s Funding Formula Devastates New Jersey Students Causing Anger, Fear and Anxiety in Many Underfunded Districts
Governor Phil Murphy’s S-2 Funding Formula Leaves Schools Closed, Unexpected Mergers, Teachers Without Jobs, Overcrowded Classrooms and No Money in its Wake As the school bells ring across New Jersey this fall…
Phil Murphy Sues Feds After Trump Cuts $158 Million Migrant Education Funding
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Monday that the state has joined a 24-state coalition in suing the Trump Administration over its decision to freeze billions in…
Phil Murphy’s Flawed School Funding Formula Sends One Of New Jersey’s Largest Districts Into Bankruptcy
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — The Toms River Regional School District is warning of potential summer school cancellations and exploring Chapter 9 bankruptcy as it faces a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, despite increases in…
Meet the $4 Billion Dollar Network Funding America’s Anti-Trump Protests
From Trenton to Seaside Heights. From Newark to Cape May, the recent protests against President Donald J. Trump appear to be a well-financed and coordinated national effort backed by a billion-dollar network.…
Maryland Sues Trump Over Foreign Aid Funding Cuts
BALTIMORE, MD — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in opposing former President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing billions of dollars in foreign aid…
New Jersey lawmaker pleads to Dem legislature to restore Phil Murphy’s latest devastating school funding cut
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — Senate Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon on Thursday called on Democratic leadership in the New Jersey Senate to advance legislation and a budget resolution that would restore $45…
New Jersey Senate panel advances bill to boost cancer research funding tenfold
TRENTON, N.J. — Legislation to dramatically increase New Jersey’s investment in cancer research cleared a key hurdle Monday, as the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee approved a bill to…
New Jersey Bill Seeks to Incentivize Overdevelopment with School Funding
TRENTON, NJ — Jf you don’t allow affordable housing in New Jersey, in the future, your town can see even more school funds cut from their already stressed school budgets. That’s according…
New Jersey seeks $60 million for even more equitable energy funding
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Democrats are moving forward with legislation that would authorize the state Board of Public Utilities to use ratepayer funds to support large-scale energy storage systems, raising concerns…
New Jersey sues Trump administration over suspended electric vehicle infrastructure funding
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin filed suit Tuesday against the Trump administration, challenging its decision to indefinitely halt the disbursement of federally approved funding for electric vehicle infrastructure. Platkin joined…
NGO Funding Phil Murphy’s Global Travel is Also Promoting New Jersey Abortion Industry and Tourism
AUSTIN, TX — New Jersey has launched a bold new campaign aimed at attracting medical professionals from Texas by highlighting the Garden State’s reproductive rights protections in stark contrast to Texas’ strict…
Spadea says Toms River sports star forgave him for supporting Phil Murphy’s initial school funding cuts
TOMS RIVER, NJ — When the Toms River School District faced its first major funding cuts under Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Bill Spadea told the district and the students…
Phil Murphy is suing Trump again, this time over K-12 funding cuts
TRENTON, NJ — Phil Murphy is cutting aid to schools in New Jersey, forcing them to fire teachers, cut programs, and in some cases, putting them into a position where they are…
NJ senator demands Princeton funding freeze over anti-Semitism claims on campus
TRENTON, N.J. — Citing a surge in anti-Semitic incidents nationwide and protests at Princeton University, New Jersey State Senator Robert Singer (R-30) is calling for an immediate halt to taxpayer funding to…
As S2 Funding Fails, New Jersey Allows Most Districts to Bypass 2% Tax Cap
TRENTON, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Education has announced that more than half of the state’s school districts now have the authority to increase property taxes beyond the longstanding 2%…
$500,000 Federal Funding for Lucy the Elephant Revoked by DOGE
MARGATE, NJ The iconic Lucy the Elephant, a 143-year-old National Historic Landmark, has found itself at the center of controversy after the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly rescinded $500,000 in discretionary…
White House calls to end funding ‘grift’ of ”woke media’ NPR, PBS
WASHINGTON, DC — The Trump campaign issued a broadside Monday against National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, accusing the outlets of spreading “radical, woke propaganda” and calling for an end…
New Jersey Dems pushing DEI mandate to all state agencies despite White House threat for funding cuts
TRENTON, NJ — A new bill introduced in the New Jersey Senate would require every state department and agency to create an Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion aimed at improving workplace…
NJ panel advances bill to overhaul funding process for nonpublic school services
TRENTON, NJ — A New Jersey Assembly committee has approved a bill that would restructure how the state reimburses school districts for providing auxiliary and remedial services to nonpublic school students. Key…
New Jersey schools are closing, teachers are being fired under Murphy’s ‘equitable’ funding formula
TRENTON, NJ — Some of New Jersey’s largest school districts are on the brink of failure, and representatives from those districts are blaming Democrat legislators and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. At…
Feds Cancel New York’s Food Justice for Queer and Trans Farmer Funding
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under the leadership of Secretary Brooke Rollins, has terminated a controversial contract in New York aimed at educating transgender and queer farmers on…
Governor Phil Murphy Slashes Millions in Funding for State Sponsored Media Outlets
Trenton, NJ – In a move that has sparked debate across the Garden State, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has proposed a budget for the 2026 fiscal year that eliminates funding for…
The New Murphy-Gopal School Funding Formula is The Same as the Murphy Funding Formula for Most Districts
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – New Jersey State Senator Vin Gopal, the state’s highest elected member of the legislature overseeing education is touting the state’s latest funding formula. That funding formula will see school…
Jackson Township Council Supports School Board Fight Against Cuts in State Funding, Delivers Supplies to Elementary School
JACKSON, N.J. — The Jackson Board of Education recently announced it would sue the state, alleging that the funding formula has been applied unfairly to the district. The council expressed its full…
Governor Murphy Requests Federal Funding to Address I-80 Sinkholes, Declares State of Emergency
Wharton, NJ – March 9, 2025 – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has formally requested emergency federal funding to repair a series of disruptive sinkholes along Interstate 80 in Morris County, spotlighting…
New Jersey AG Sues to Restore Funding to NIH Research After Trump Cut
TRENTON, N.J. — A federal judge has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from cutting billions in medical and public health research funding, following a lawsuit led by New…
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