Karen Yi appears in the following:
New Jerseyans Party as Recreational Marijuana Sales Are Officially Legalized
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Eager buyers waited for hours outside 13 dispensaries for their chance to finally purchase legal weed.
Health experts pressure Murphy to stop plans for Newark’s 4th power plant
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
130 health professionals sent Gov. Phil Murphy a letter on Wednesday urging him to reject the project’s permits.
Climate change activists bike from NYC to Albany to demand action
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Bicyclists took off on a 150-mile ride and will arrive in the state’s capital on Earth Day next week.
Federal monitor will keep watching Newark police until 2023
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The federal monitor has been overseeing the city's police department for the last five years.
Newark to make $23M upgrade at water treatment plant to prevent future lead exposure
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The long-awaited fixes aim to improve the way the city cleans its water and prevent the type of crisis that thrust Newark into the national spotlight in 2019.
NJ corrections agency starts issuing non-compliance letters to unvaccinated workers
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
The agency said 24 letters were issued to employees who failed to get their first dose by the deadline.
Bias incidents in NJ hit record high in 2021
Friday, April 01, 2022
The state Attorney General’s Office said there were 1,871 incidents last year.
NJ advocates ramp up pressure on state to desegregate schools
Thursday, March 31, 2022
The nonprofits suing the state rallied in Trenton on Thursday.
NJ starts enforcing new law created to ease housing search for formerly incarcerated
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The state Attorney General’s Office sent letters to landlords who were in apparent violation of new law.
Seven months after Ida, NJ residents grapple over whether to stay amid threats of future flooding
Friday, March 25, 2022
Some Manville residents are still struggling to rebuild.
NJ says Supreme Court should reject NY’s last-ditch effort to save port watchdog agency
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
New Jersey urged the U.S. Supreme Court to deny New York’s injunction request to stop the dissolution of the Waterfront Commission.
Newark councilman pleads guilty to bribery scheme
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
A Newark city councilman pleaded guilty to taking bribes from developers and other companies looking to do business in New Jersey's largest city.
NJ labor commissioner testifies over unemployment delays
Friday, March 11, 2022
New Jersey lawmakers grilled state Labor Commissioner Rob Asaro Angelo on Thursday over the Labor Department's backlog of unemployment claims.
NJ had one of largest prison population drops in the U.S., study finds
Thursday, March 10, 2022
The study by the national nonprofit criminal justice reform group looked at the number of incarcerated people at the end of 2019 through 2021.
NJ nonprofits ask judge to find state liable for segregated schools
Thursday, March 03, 2022
Both sides appeared in court on Thursday on a potentially landmark school segregation case.
Court weighs potentially landmark NJ school segregation case
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
The case before the state's Supreme Court says New Jersey allowed the de facto segregation of its schools by requiring students to attend schools in the municipalities where they live.
Murphy will add money to NJ’s immigrant fund after flood of applications
Friday, February 18, 2022
The deadline is Feb. 28.
Newark starts demolition of long-vacant housing complex to make way for development
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Newark has begun demolishing the city's first public housing project.
NJ’s COVID-19 prison release program restarts Thursday with 260 freed early
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Gov. Phil Murphy signed landmark legislation that created the program in 2020 — allowing prisoners to shave up to eight months off their sentences.
NJ spent at least $9M testing its unvaccinated workforce as a quarter remain without shots
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Overall, New Jersey has spent about $154 per employee on testing, and the costs per capita for each office correlate with its vaccination rate, as one might expect.
