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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Freeholder Williams on 2019 Insider NJ Out Power List.. Preview of QC Film Festival.. Board of Ed Candidate Statement: Lynn Anderson-Person.. Plainfield holds second of four Master Plan workshops.. Scenes from the New Resident Bus Tour..


[PLAINFIELD TODAY]
PLAINFIELD
  • Board of Ed Race --
  • Bus Tour: Scenes from the New Resident Bus Tour. Read more here.
  • Girls Soccer: North Plainfield over Plainfield. Read more here.
  • LGBTQ Activists: Freeholder Williams on Insider NJ's 2019 Insider NJ Out Power List. Read more here.
  • Master Plan: Plainfield holds second of four Master Plan workshops. Read more here.
  • Queen City Film Festival: Preview of QC Film Festival. Read more here.
  • Senior Center: Project Meds Drop Box comes to Senior Center. Read more here.
  • Utilities: The obscure charges that utilities companies add to your bill. Read more here.
  • Week Ahead: The week ahead in Plainfield thru Sunday. Read more here.

OF INTEREST

  • Affordable Housing: Edison converts market-rate apartments to affordable. Read more here.
  • Bear Hunt: NJ's week-long bear hunt ends with 265 bruins killed. Read more here.
  • Essex County: Essex to create citizen review board for corrections facility. Read more here.
  • Facebook: States' probes into Facebook monopoly balloons to 45 attorneys general. Read more here.
  • Firefox Browser: Firefox turns the tables on online trackers. Read more here. -- If you care about your privacy.
  • Hospitals: RWJBarnabas to buy Christ Hospital and Hoboken UMC. Read more here.
  • Israel: Report exposes effort to ban criticism of Israel in US schools. Read more here.
  • Parkway/Turnpike: No toll hikes for 2020. Read more here.
  • Piscataway: Pharmacy owner convicted of defrauding IRS. Read more here.
  • Reparations: Princeton Seminary will pay $27M in slavery reparations. Read more here.

STATE/NATIONAL

  • 2020 Prez Race --
  • Sen. Menendez: Trump foreign policy 'calamities' will energize Dems. Read more here.
  • LD21 (Bramnick) --
    • Dems hope registration and Trump will help them oust GOP. Read more here.
    • Early vote by mail numbers look good for Dems in LD21. Read more here.
  • Labor: Next goal for activists: Predictable work schedules. Read more here.
  • Re-entry: McGreevey re-entry commission releases sweeping report. -- Ledger | NJGlobe |
  • Standardized Tests: NJ is close to killing two tests. Here's why. Read more here.
  • Tax Incentives --
    • Camden: Dem landlord at center of probe gave big to Christie superPAC. Read more here.
    • Draft Bill: Draft tax incentives bill sent to Murphy. Read more here.
    • Update: State on hook for $2 billion less than previously thought. Read more here.
    • Opinion: Lesniak's advice on economic development belongs in a museum. Read more here.
IMPEACHMENT

  • Taylor: Top US diplomat ties Trump directly to quid pro quo. Read more here.
  • Fox News: Fox's Chris Wallace drops latest bomb shell in impeachment inquiry. Read more here.
  • Giuliani: DOJ issues statement that undercuts Giuliani. Read more here.
TRUMP WORLD
  • 'Lynch' Tweet: GOP quits trying to rein in Trump after 'lynching' tweet. Read more here.
  • McConnell: McConnell doesn't remember speaking to Trump about Ukraine phone call. Read more here.
  • Jim Mattis: The White House is not to be trusted right now. Read more here.
  • Lev Parnas: Parnas' Instagram reveals note from Trump thanking him for his 'friendship'. Read more here.
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