October 31, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org Close to AI customers like universities, medical research facilities and fintech firms in New York City and Philadelphia, New Jersey is a magnet for the booming data center industry.  And while the Garden State has room to build these facilities, the power to run them comes at a price. Ratepayers saw their electricity bills spike by almost 20% this summer, driven in large part by the amount of power needed to run new data centers, accord

October 28, 2025 | nj.gov 1888 Studios, a state-of-the-art, 1.6 million square foot film and television production campus in Bayonne, NJ, to be built for movie makers by movie makers, announced today (10/28) that Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, (“Paramount”) (NASDAQ: PSKY), a leading, next generation global media and entertainment company, has signed a landmark minimum 10-year lease agreement. Paramount has committed to occupy more than 285,000 square feet of the facility,

November 3, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org Donald Trump’s attempt last month to cancel funding for an immense railroad and tunnel construction project in New Jersey was not surprising to anyone who paid attention. The president’s  move to end the Gateway Program , something it’s not clear he has the power to do, was the latest salvo in a years-long simmering showdown between the president and Chuck Schumer, the Democratic senator from New York. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: The

October 23, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org A 175-year-old farm in Cranbury that was supposed to be bulldozed by the township and turned into affordable housing will be saved.  After months of public pleading to spare their farm, the owners, the Henry family, sued Cranbury. They challenged the township’s assessment that their property was the only location for the town to build a 265-unit housing complex, in order to fulfill their fourth round affordable housing obligation, to mee

By: David M. Aderhold, Ed.D, superintendent of schools for the West Windsor – Plainsboro Regional School District. October 24, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org New Jersey’s financial state has been a significant concern for years. Major underlying issues, particularly long-term liabilities and a structural budget deficit, continue to pose a risk to the state’s financial stability. Simply, financial liabilities greatly exceed financial assets. For New Jersey’s school districts, many