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Governor hopefuls take ‘easy political aim’ at House Dems not voting on immigration bill https://t.co/G7Rfr7ZTcK via @snietomunoz

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Taxpayers paid over $1 million for dangerous police training, watchdog finds https://t.co/pQyijWUZGw via @DanaDiFilippo

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Longshoremen reach tentative deal to avert port strikes https://t.co/gyWsSYZCQF via @NikitaBiryukov_

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A 2024 U.S. Supreme Court ruling gives Democratic-led states a new weapon to fight conservative federal rules on issues such as immigration, climate change, abortion access and civil rights, via @TimHendersonSL + @stateline_news

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This comes in advance of a big court hearing on the matter Tueday. https://t.co/7E3pilzoAO

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Two former state treasurers — one Dem, one Republican — argue that fusion voting, which would allow politicians to appear on the ballot more than once if they receive the backing of multiple parties, would decrease political polarization.

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The economy added 227,000 jobs in November, making for a strong jobs report despite a slight increase in the unemployment rate, via Casey Quinlan

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Prosecutors in Bob Menendez’s corruption case — who admit they accidentally gave jurors evidence that wasn’t redacted as the judge had ordered — argue there’s no basis for a new trial, as Menendez has requested https://t.co/odGVOWmziv

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The Trenton water utility worker fired for fudging drinking water data for over a year in New Jersey’s capital and its suburbs collected about 125 hours in overtime and double-time pay during his 14 months on the job, payroll records show, via @DanaDiFilippo

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The law Congress passed to force the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok to either sell the service or face a U.S. ban is constitutional, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Friday, via @jacob_fischler

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A federal judge has temporarily overturned a state constitutional provision that barred public funding for houses of worship, ruling it runs afoul of federal constitutional protections of religious freedom, via @NikitaBiryukov_

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A new bill in the Legislature would create a crime of victimization for anyone found to have committed a crime against a senior citizen or a person with disabilities, via @snietomunoz

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Senators on Thursday discussed a new school funding bill intended to abate steep swings in state aid seen in recent years and allow some districts to more quickly meet their share of school funding, via @NikitaBiryukov_