By  Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com January 12, 2026 | nj.com Eight years ago, I sat down in a Trenton office building with the man who was about to become the next New Jersey governor: an openly liberal, dad-joke-spouting,  onetime aspiring musical theater actor  from Massachusetts turned wealthy Wall Street executive and diplomat named  Phil Murphy . Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: As their terms come to an end, all NJ Governors look back on their successes. In

January 5, 2026 | youtube.com Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill today announced she would nominate state finance veteran Aaron Binder as New Jersey’s next state treasurer. View More: Click Here

December 22, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org This was the year the new state affordable housing law started to impact municipalities and with 2025 almost over it’s still unclear how many new houses will be built as a result.  In 2024, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the law returning the oversight of municipal affordable housing obligations to the state. That fall, the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) fulfilled its mandate by calculating the estimated number of units for people

December 23, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org As communities grapple with decades of toxic pollution from “forever chemicals,” a group of governors are pushing for federal action on another widespread and unregulated contaminant: microplastics. View More: Click Here NJ SEED: Many studies are seeking affordable and effective ways to remove microplastics from our water. While it is important to address the newfound pollution problem, extremists who advocate the banning of all plasti

December 23, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org Federal investigators discovered an accounting error worth about $116 million and a delay in the purchase of key construction materials in a key piece of the massive Gateway tunnel-and-bridge public works project. But otherwise, an  audit  last week by the inspector general for Amtrak gave a generally clean bill for the multi-billion Hudson Tunnel project, even as President Donald Trump threatened to end its federal funding. Read More: