ICYMI: Governor Sherrill Nominates Kevin Jarvis to Serve as Labor Commissioner January 30, 2026 | nj.gov Governor Mikie Sherrill today (1/30/25) announced Kevin Jarvis as her nominee to be the next Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. As commissioner, Jarvis will lead efforts to expand access to workforce training programs, facilitate higher education and business partnerships and pathways, improve the quality and efficiency of governm

January 26, 2026 | njspotlightnews.org After a solid month of hiring in December, New Jersey’s economy ended last year with a net gain of 9,000 jobs, the latest federal data show. State tax collections were also running slightly ahead of a projected growth rate as the fiscal year reached its Dec. 31 midway, according to the New Jersey Department of the Treasury. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: Better than expected tax revenues have got to be helpful to Gov. Sherrill as she pr

An Op Ed by Hoboken City Council President Ruben Ramos January 28, 2026 | njspotlightnews.org New Jerseyans are facing an energy crisis. Families are  seeing  their electricity bills skyrocket, sometimes consuming nearly their entire monthly budgets just to keep the lights on or their homes heated. Yet too often, utility companies are allowed to operate without real accountability while customers shoulder the cost of inefficiency, mismanagement and corporate blunders.  Read M

January 28, 2026 | njspotlightnews.org Construction of an economically vital rail tunnel under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan will soon stop because the Trump administration is withholding federal funding.  The Gateway Development Commission, a bistate agency overseeing the $16 billion project, detailed the consequences of the high-stakes funding stalemate during a public meeting Tuesday in lower Manhattan. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: The Gateway tunnel

January 29, 2026 | njspotlightnews.org New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s acting attorney general is making good on a vow to go after the Trump administration. Jennifer Davenport joined 21 other attorneys general in a letter to condemn what they called coercion by the Department of Justice. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: The persons holding the office of NJ Attorney General may change, but apparently the political agenda does not.