Recommendations from a team of experts to help women and their health care providers stay safe
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More Details Today on Resumption of Elective Surgeries in New Jersey
New Jersey health officials are expected today to spell out additional details of Gov. Phil Murphy’s order to allow elective surgeries to resume next week, including which medical facilities are eligible, what procedures must be prioritized and additional protocols for reducing the spread of COVID-19.
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Plan to Partially Furlough Public Employees Awaits Governor’s Signature
Proposal easily clears Legislature, but Murphy has been hard to read on plan that taps new federal benefits allowing furloughed workers to offset lost wages with unemployment claims.
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Which COVID-19 test will give the answers you need?
Which COVID-19 test will give the answers you need?
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Students Face the New Realities of College Life, Virtual and Otherwise
As freshmen prepare to adapt, educators and administrators are still in the early stages of ‘shaping the new normal’ of a college education: part two
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Editorial: Post-Bostwick Avenue: Is it Time for Civilian Oversight of the Police?
A transparent investigation that includes witness interviews and disclosure of all body camera videos is required. Moreover, even if the belt-grabbing allegation is proven to be true, the police department will still have to explain how the baton-wielding officer’s actions were appropriate and, if they weren’t, what discipline the officer will face. The burden will be on the police department to demonstrate that it can credibly investigate itself. If this incident shows that it can’t, it will be time to create a civilian complaint review board.
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How the Pandemic Has Transformed the College Experience and Could Transform It Even More
Educators begin to come to terms with how the health crisis has utterly altered college life in New Jersey, its finances and its outlook: part one
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Activists Allege Police Brutality in Greenville Melee
Local activists staged an impromptu rally Sunday to mobilize Jersey City residents in response to alleged police brutality in quelling a fight in Jersey City’s Greenville neighborhood on May 5. The incident, which occurred on Bostwick Avenue,  resulted in three arrests and injuries to both civilians and police officers.
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Op Ed: Invest in Our Schools Now!
For the last two and a half years, Jersey City Together’s Education Team and parents across the city have been engaged in a focused fight to increase local funding for our public schools. For the first two years, our work helped create incremental progress — an extra $5.3 million in 2018, another $6 million in 2019.
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City Approves Rent Freeze, Pauses 5G Installation
At Wednesday’s Jersey City Council meeting, members approved a rent freeze on certain apartments in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It postponed an ordinance to allow installation of 5G telecommunication utility poles, among other actions taken.