January 5, 2025 | usatoday.com 2025 is shaping up to be newsy, not only with a new Trump administration taking over the White House, but with a packed field of candidates looking to succeed Phil Murphy as New Jersey’s next governor. From politics to health care to high school sports to the housing crisis and much more, 2025 is likely to bring its share of surprises. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: 2025 promises to be interesting, challenging and exciting. Although NJ SEED does

January 13, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org For years, President-elect Donald Trump has furiously criticized renewable energy sources, including offshore wind farms. To freeze the offshore wind industry, Trump asked Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-2nd) to draft an executive order — something presidents issue without action from Congress — on the topic, Van Drew said. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: An executive order pausing offshore wind development for six months would deal a severe blow

January 5, 2025 | politico.com Gov. Kathy Hochul gave the green light to a controversial Manhattan toll plan, but her political foes and allies — President-elect Donald Trump and the powerful New York City teachers union among them — have separately vowed to stop it. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: A deeper dive into New York’s congestion pricing tax. The issue may be addressed by the new administration. As Yogi Berra once said, “You’re not out until you’re out.”

December 27, 2024 | northjersey.com New Jersey’s minimum wage is going up by 36 cents to $15.49 an hour on Jan. 1, 2025, the latest of the scheduled hikes that Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed into law in early 2019. The state’s minimum wage was $8.60 when Murphy took office. He campaigned on increasing the wage to $15 an hour, a big-ticket item among progressives at the time. Read More: Click Here NJ SEED: The $15 minimum wage signed into law in 2019 would, due to five

January 3, 2025 | newjerseyglobe.com The 119th Congress has begun – and for two New Jersey politicians, that means the beginning of a congressional career that neither likely thought was possible just a couple of years ago. Reps. Herb Conaway (D-Delran) and Nellie Pou (D-North Haledon) were both sworn into their first House terms today, the culmination of an unusual election cycle that saw the two former state legislators win the seats previously held by Senator Andy Kim an