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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 20/08/2026
A group of at least 10 people held at Delaney Hall earlier this year claim they qualify for U visas because their treatment in the facility constituted crimes committed against them. They want NJ’s Attorney General to certify their claims. gothamist.com/news/delaney...
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Delaney Hall detainees say they're crime victims. They hope that lets them stay in the US.
They're asking New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to certify their U visa applications, which are for crime victims.
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Zack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
SCOOP: Trump is ending federal support for NOAA's Arctic Report Card, a major annual update shedding light on the effect climate change has on the Arctic. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026...
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POLITICO Pro: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
The authors were informed Monday of the action, which jeopardizes public dissemination of the report on the fast-changing region.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 10/08/2026
The latest death at Delaney Hall brings new scrutiny to medical care provided by by GEO Group. Top Dems pledge strict oversight of contractors involved in ICE detention -- should the party have midterm success Gave @davidfbrand.bsky.social a hand on this one gothamist.com/news/democra...
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Democrats promise stricter oversight of immigration detention company if they win majority
GEO Group runs at least two dozen migrant detention centers nationwide and has been plagued with claims of medical neglect, including in New Jersey.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/08/2026
NEW: The EPA spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and ProPublica show that years later, many yards still have harmful levels of lead.
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The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead.
The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show th...
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Arya Sundaram @aryasundaram.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
NEW: A second ICE detainee at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, NJ died this weekend. His mother says he wasn't given prescribed meds for diabetes, seizures, and blood pressure, which ICE denies. w/ @michaelsolwarren.com gothamist.com/news/second-...
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Second detainee dies after being held at Delaney Hall ICE detention center
The family alleges Edwin Jovanny Lopez Cornejo was denied needed medication while detained. ICE says he received appropriate medical care and prescribed medication.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 21/07/2026
A software glitch caused more than 6,000 noncitizens to be registered to vote in New Jersey, Gov. Sherrill announced today. She pledged accountability, and blasted former Gov. Phil Murphy for how his administration handled the problem gothamist.com/news/softwar...
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Software glitch allowed nearly 400 non-US citizens to vote in NJ, Gov. Sherrill says
More than 6,000 people were registered, even though they indicated they were not U.S. citizens.
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Evan Simko-Bednarski @simko-bednarski.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Great @stephennessen.bsky.social piece in Gothamist this morning on the fate of Brooklyn’s dollar vans gothamist.com/news/brookly...
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Brooklyn’s dollar vans squeezed by Mamdani’s Flatbush Avenue bus plan
For years, MTA Chair Janno Lieber has called on the city to crack down on dollar vans, which peel away fares from the transit agency's buses.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 20/07/2026
NJ has a new law restricting the use of algorithms to set rent prices gothamist.com/news/new-jer...
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New Jersey restricts rent-setting algorithms amid rising housing costs
The Garden State joins New York in barring landlords from using algorithms to coordinate rents.
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The Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
@gothamist.com & @wnyc.org reporter @michaelsolwarren.com talks about how Gov. Sherrill is attempting to control utility bills in NJ: wnyc.org/browse/shows...
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Gov. Sherrill Tries to Control NJ's Utility Bills | WNYC
Michael Sol Warren talks about three bills Governor Mikie Sherrill signed to try to control utility costs for ratepayers.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 13/07/2026
"They overpaid for it, and now they're caught holding the bag, and they're upset," Sherrill told me earlier today. "It turns out when you do stupid things, you lose in court, and that's just what happened." gothamist.com/news/it-make...
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'It makes no sense': NJ Gov. Sherrill blasts Trump reversal on Roxbury ICE detention center
The DHS says it may still convert a North Jersey warehouse into an ICE detention center days after saying it would sell the property instead.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 09/07/2026
Kevin Smith explains why Hollywood owes its existence to New Jersey. Yes, really. gothamist.com/arts-enterta...
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Kevin Smith explains why Hollywood owes its existence to New Jersey. Yes, really.
Thanks to Edison, the roots of the film industry are in West Orange.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 07/07/2026
A man detained in Delaney Hall was allegedly raped by another detainee in late June. ICE decided to transfer the victim to Mississippi -- far from his family and attorney in New Jersey -- just two days later. gothamist.com/news/attorne...
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Attorney says Newark immigrant center detainee was raped, then transferred 2 days later
The man's family learned of his transfer from other detainees who were housed with him, his lawyer says.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 02/07/2026
Stunning city council vote in Jersey City: Council rejects 15% tax hike requested by mayor Everyone knows a big tax hike is coming as the city faces a $255M budget hole The mayor hoped to spread the hit over a few months. Council says they need to see a budget first. gothamist.com/news/jersey-...
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Jersey City punts on 15% tax increase, but the big bills are still coming
Officials say there's no getting around the city's huge deficit, even with a bailout from the state government.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 30/06/2026
Jersey City mayor scales back tax hike proposal from 20% to 15% following $120M state aid package. Still warns of financial pain for residents, city ahead gothamist.com/news/jersey-...
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Jersey City plans smaller tax hikes after NJ lawmakers approve $120M bailout
Mayor James Solomon is now calling for a 15% tax increase, down from an earlier plan for 20%.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 30/06/2026
Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. said he was hospitalized with depression earlier this year, speaking publicly for the first time during a speech on the House floor Tuesday after the New Jersey Republican went missing in action for nearly 4 months: gothamist.visitlink.me/5ONDJm
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 29/06/2026
It’s a classic state budget season in New Jersey. Record spending bill introduced about 48 hours before the deadline to avoid a state shutdown gothamist.com/news/nj-lawm...
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NJ advances $60.7 billion budget that caps tax rebates, cuts deficit, boosts school aid
Late night votes on Sunday keep the state on track to barely avoid a government shutdown.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 15/06/2026
Adriana Zapata will remain in the DRC after a federal judge reversed his own order that had directed ICE to bring her back. Zapata’s lawyers had argued the DRC never accepted her. The judge had previously agreed, but now says the government has changed his mind. gothamist.com/news/judge-r...
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Judge reverses order to return Colombian woman with NJ ties from Congo
Adriana Zapata was detained on her way to stay with family in New Jersey. A judge says she can't return to her home country for fear of torture there.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 09/06/2026
NJ inspectors cite poor hygiene, unsafe food handling at Delaney Hall Newark ICE facility gothamist.com/news/nj-insp...
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NJ inspectors cite poor hygiene, unsafe food handling at Delaney Hall Newark ICE facility
New Jersey officials say they need health inspectors to have full access to Delaney Hall.
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 03/06/2026
Who is ICE detaining at NJ's Delaney Hall? Not as many criminals as DHS suggests. gothamist.com/news/who-is-...
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Who is ICE detaining at NJ's Delaney Hall? Not as many criminals as DHS suggests.
More than 10,000 people have been detained at the facility. Most have no criminal background.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 03/06/2026
Montclair Pastry Chef Detained While Visiting Niagara Falls, Family Says montclairlocal.news/2026/06/mont...
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Montclair Pastry Chef Detained While Visiting Niagara Falls, Family Says
Argoti, who migrated to the United States from Ecuador in 2021, has a work permit and a social security number and has a pending asylum case, his niece and friends said.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 02/06/2026
ICYMI a very busy morning for Delaney Hall news - @newjerseyoag.bsky.social sues to get health inspectors inside - @rasjbaraka.bsky.social threatens to expand city lawsuit - Curfew on the verge of lifting - official total for Sunday night arrests set at 61 gothamist.com/news/newark-...
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New Jersey, Newark expand legal push to close Delaney Hall ICE facility
The city is expanding its federal lawsuit as state officials sue for health inspector access to the detention center.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 02/06/2026
“ It is chilling in every sense of the word when you see [reporters] live on national television being chased down the street to a place where they don't have sight or sound access,” FPF's @adamrose.bsky.social told @michaelsolwarren.com.
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NJ prepares for a second night of curfew outside Delaney Hall ICE center
The 9 p.m. curfew applies to the area within a half-mile radius of the ICE detention center.
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Arya Sundaram @aryasundaram.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
. @michaelsolwarren.com has been out at Delaney Hall all day for @wnyc.org @gothamist.com covering the events unfolding inside and outside the ICE detention center. Read our reporting below.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 28/05/2026
Been a big day out here on beautiful Doremus Avenue. Shoutout @aryasundaram.bsky.social @ryankost.bsky.social for holding it down
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 27/05/2026
PLEASE SHARE: STAT is hiring for a "Trust-in-science" reporter! The reporter will cover where trust is breaking down, the consequences, and how to rebuild it. If you or someone you know would be great for the position, please apply! #journojobs #journalismjobs #journalism #science 📰🧪
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STAT, Reporter, Trust-in-Science
About STAT In November 2015, STAT was launched as a new national media brand focused on health, medicine, and life sciences. Since then, we have grown to
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 27/05/2026
NY, NY attorneys general open probe into FIFA World Cup ticket pricing gothamist.com/news/ny-ny-a...
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NY, NY attorneys general open probe into FIFA World Cup ticket pricing
The officials said they were spurred by reports of fans paying “sky-high” prices for matches at MetLife.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 27/05/2026
Martin Soto — the man ICE secretly transferred between detention centers in NJ, triggering a tense standoff — has filed an emergency motion for release in federal court. His attorneys argue his detention is punitive, with ICE escalating actions. New for @gothamist.com gothamist.com/news/detaine...
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Detainee at heart of NJ detention center standoff seeks emergency release
A new filing shines light on the details of a dramatic detainee transfer over the Memorial Day weekend.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 25/05/2026
Tensions remain high at Delaney Hall. Updates from overnight: - ICE tried to transfer hunger strike organizer despite court order barring move - Rep. Menendez denied entry since 8:30pm Sunday, still not in - Protestors clash with ICE agents on street outside gothamist.com/news/congres...
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Congressmember denied entry to NJ ICE detention facility, protestors clash with officers
Immigration advocates and family members say detainees have been on a hunger strike since Friday.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 24/05/2026
A few updates on the Delaney Hall hunger strike: - Strike ongoing per detainee families, DHS continues to deny there is a hunger strike at all - @kim.senate.gov and @menendez.house.gov visited last night - Gov. Sherrill says she has reached out to ICE about visiting gothamist.com/news/hunger-...
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Hunger strike continues at NJ ICE detention center as congressmembers visit
Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez said striking immigrant detainees remain resolute; families say they face retaliation from facility staff.
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Arya Sundaram @aryasundaram.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NEW: Immigrants at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in NJ began a hunger and labor strike this AM. Local advocates and a wife of one of the detained organizers say there are hundreds of participants across multiple units, demanding their freedom. gothamist.com/news/immigra...
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Immigrants at NJ Delaney Hall ICE detention center go on hunger, labor strike
Detainees have complained of deplorable conditions, including what they call physical and psychological torture from substandard food.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 22/05/2026
Delaney Hall detainees launch hunger, labor strike. From @aryasundaram.bsky.social gothamist.com/news/immigra...
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Immigrants at NJ Delaney Hall ICE detention center go on hunger, labor strike
Detainees have complained of deplorable conditions, including what they call physical and psychological torture from substandard food.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 22/05/2026
Took a visit earlier this month to the see the World Cup playing field for Philly games be harvested on a South Jersey turf farm gothamist.com/news/field-o...
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Field of green: World Cup stars will literally be on the Garden State's turf
The grass grown in Hammonton, New Jersey, will soon become some of the most viewed grass on the planet.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 20/05/2026
It’s been a SCORCHER this week, but few places feel hotter than Newark, one of the most intense urban heat islands in the country. Why it is and what some are trying to do about it gothamist.com/news/its-bee...
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It's been brutally, disgustingly hot. It's so much worse in Newark.
Urban heat island effects can be oppressively bad for most residents of the city.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 19/05/2026
ICE deported Adriana Zapata to the DRC last month, despite DRC officials saying they couldn't care for her medical issues. ICE was ordered last week by a federal judge to bring Zapata back to the US. Now ICE says they can't, because of the DRC's Ebola outbreak gothamist.com/news/feds-sa...
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Feds say Ebola outbreak means they can't bring back NJ-bound woman deported to Congo
The Trump administration first said it couldn’t find Colombian national Adriana Zapata, despite deporting her to Africa last month.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 17/05/2026
Enviros this week sued over EPA pollution standards for incinerators, which they say are not strong enough to protect public health. That matters for places like Newark, where an incinerator burns ~1 million tons of trash from NYC and around North Jersey every year gothamist.com/news/environ...
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Environmentalists hope lawsuit tightens polluting rules for Newark incinerator
The federal lawsuit would set stricter standards across the country.
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 15/05/2026
🚨NEW: United Nations human rights experts have asked Starbucks and the US government to address the coffee chain’s “ongoing and widespread threats” against their workers. UN experts note instances in which police were called on baristas engaging in peaceful protests.
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UN human-rights experts urge Starbucks and US to address union-busting claims
A group of United Nations human-rights experts has ‌asked Starbucks and the U.S. government to respond to allegations that Starbucks has carried out a years-long campaign against workers seeking to un...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15/05/2026
The maker of jets that crashed and killed everyone onboard and the carmaker fined tens of millions for mishandled recalls have suddenly decided to sponsor their top regulator's reality show purely for the love of the open road www.wsj.com/business/boe...
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Boeing, Toyota Donated $1 Million Each to Transportation Secretary’s Road-Trip Show
A video series will feature Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and his family on a road trip to mark America’s 250th birthday and promote tourism.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 15/05/2026
Adriana Zapata fled torture in Colombia and was trying to get to family in NJ when she was detained by ICE in 2024. She’d been kept in Texas until last month, when she was deported to Africa. Now a federal judge has ordered ICE to bring her back to America. gothamist.com/news/nj-boun...
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NJ-bound woman was deported to Congo. Feds must say how they'll bring her back to US.
Adriana Maria Quiroz Zapata was deported to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a judge ruled she could not be deported to her home country of Colombia.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 13/05/2026
Nearly 300 ICE detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark have signed an open letter detailing due process complaints and tough conditions inside. Immigration advocates say the letter -- the second one released this year -- is an impressive sign of organization inside gothamist.com/news/letter-...
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Letter with 300 signatures describes 'torture' ICE detainees face in Newark
It's appears to be an escalation of detainees' efforts to organize at a facility where an uprising last year resulted in multiple escapes.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 13/05/2026
Jersey City leaders -- grappling with a $255 million budget crisis -- are weighing scaling back, or eliminating entirely, the Via Jersey City microtransit program that has provided more than 3 million rides since 2020 gothamist.com/news/jersey-...
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Jersey City weighs cutting Via microtransit service amid budget crisis
Via Jersey City has served millions since 2020, but city leaders facing a budget gap say the $8 million cost is hard to justify.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 12/05/2026
“What they are doing inside of there is trying to create conditions where people are so demoralized that they will sign voluntary departure papers to not have to be in there anymore,” said @menendez.house.gov “They're trying to break people so people give up.”
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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I interviewed Cameron Hamilton in the final episode of American Emergency, our series about FEMA. Excited for y'all to hear it in the coming weeks... www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...
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Trump Nominates Ousted FEMA Leader to Run the Agency Again
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Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
NEW: An internal memo sent by EPA deputy administrator David Fotouhi took aim at IRIS, the program that has independently assessed toxic chemicals for decades and directed agency offices to review regs that relied on its work www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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“A Huge Setback”: New EPA Directive Could Weaken Hundreds of Chemical Regulations
For decades, a small EPA program assessed toxic chemicals. In an internal memo obtained by ProPublica, a top Trump appointee sharply criticized the program’s work and directed agency offices to review...
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 01/05/2026
Spent some time this week asking around Kean’s district and NJ political analysts one question: when a man with a reputation for being distant takes an extended medical absence, how does that play on the campaign trail?
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Gothamist @gothamist.com · 01/05/2026
Opioid maker Purdue Pharma shuts down as part of legal settlement with NY and other states gothamist.com/news/opioid-...
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Opioid maker Purdue Pharma shuts down as part of legal settlement with NY and other states
New York Attorney General Letitia James hailed the company’s closure on Friday. Purdue Pharma will be replaced by a public benefit corporation.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 24/04/2026
The entire state of NJ is experiencing moderate drought in the latest drought monitor update. I’ve never seen the entire map get a single designation
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WIRED @wired.com · 24/04/2026
The master sergeant allegedly used classified intel to profit on the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, marking the first US arrest for insider trading on a prediction market. www.wired.com/story/us-spe...
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US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid
The master sergeant allegedly used classified intel to profit on the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, marking the first US arrest for insider trading on a prediction market.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 23/04/2026
Opponents of NJ’s new coastal development rules have a powerful new ally: State Senate Pres. Nick Scutari, a Democrat, who has turned to a rarely used legislative tool to undo agency regs. State lawmakers in Trenton marked Earth Day with a hearing about it all. gothamist.com/news/powerfu...
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Powerful NJ Democrat's push to undo climate rules takes center stage at Earth Day hearing
State Senate President Nick Scutari is looking to use a legislative tool to undo the development regulations.
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Jerry Carino @jerrycarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Long Branch’s Lester Wright, who set the 100-meter dash world record for a 100-year-old – one of the best things I’ve witnessed – has died at 103. Decorated WW2 veteran whose marriage lasted 81 years. Tribute to a life well-lived: app.com/story/news/l...
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Long Branch man who ran world-record race at age 100 passes away
Lester Wright never wanted to quit anything, his family said. That showed in 2022, when he set a world-record in the 100-meter dash for centenarians.
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Michael Sol Warren @michaelsolwarren.com · 22/04/2026
A freight train derailed in North Bergen last week, spilling a bunch of plastic pellets. But one of the derailed cars was carrying hazmat, and first responders say a lack of information at the scene left them confused about what they were actually dealing with. gothamist.com/news/nj-dera...
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NJ derailment revives long-running rail safety debate in state’s most populous area
Safety advocates want train companies to disclose what they’re shipping through the downtowns and main streets of North Jersey.
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