Karen Yi

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Advocates Demand Probe Into Missing Newark Voting Machines

Friday, June 11, 2021

During Tuesday's primary election, at least nine polling sites opened without any voting machines. 

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1,300 Breakthrough Infections Reported In NJ, Out Of 2 Million Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Wednesday, June 09, 2021

State officials said 0.06% of those vaccinated from late December to April tested positive for the coronavirus. 

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NJ Goes Mask-Free On Friday. Some Restaurants Worry About Holiday Crowds

Thursday, May 27, 2021

WNYC
Some restaurant owners don't have enough staff and are concerned about a surge of maskless customers this Memorial Day Weekend.

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NJ’s Vaccine Hesitant Are Most Worried About Access, Side Effects: Study

Friday, May 21, 2021

WNYC
A new study from New Jersey looks at the reasons why people are hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccines and the best ways to reach them.

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NY, NJ Lift Most Indoor Capacity Limits In Regional Reopening But Differ On Mask Rules

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

WNYC
While most indoor businesses will no longer have capacity limits, masking rules differ on each side of the Hudson.

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New Report Finds No Evidence State Takeover Helped Camden's School Test Scores

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Camden is the only New Jersey school district still under state control. But a new study shows Trenton's intervention didn't actually improve student performance.

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N.J. Law Mandates Landlords Tell Tenants About Lead In The Drinking Water

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

New Jersey residents will need to be informed a lot sooner if there are high levels of lead in their drinking water.

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NJ’s White Residents Continue To Outpace Blacks And Latinos With COVID-19 Vaccines

Monday, May 10, 2021

WNYC
 New county-by-county breakdowns show the disparities are widest in south New Jersey but still sizable in the urbanized north. 

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NJ's Primary Care Doctors Say They're Key To Ramping Up Vaccinations But State Slow To Distribute Doses

Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Primary care doctors have been clamoring for months to play a bigger role in administering the COVID vaccine but they're still not sure what the state has planned.

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NJ Opens Driver's Licenses To Undocumented Immigrants But Some Are Turned Away

Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Undocumented immigrants in New Jersey are now eligible for driver's licenses. But some say the Motor Vehicle Commission is asking for more documents than required.

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NJ Will Ramp Up Vaccine Outreach As State Lifts Most COVID-19 Restrictions

Monday, May 03, 2021

The state wants to meet its goal of vaccinating 70% of the eligible population by the end of June. 

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NJ's Vaccination Rates Remain Unequal. One Immigrant Community Is Trying To Fix It.

Monday, May 03, 2021

Local leaders say state officials have been too slow to remove barriers to access the vaccine, like making sure the vaccine registration form online is translated into other languages.

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Virus Spread Slows In NJ As Gov Gets Ready For Reopening Announcement

Sunday, May 02, 2021

COVID-19 transmission in New Jersey is down to its lowest level since last March. 

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NJ Expands Driver's Licenses To Undocumented Immigrants

Friday, April 30, 2021

New Jersey will begin taking applications for driver's licenses regardless of immigration status starting May 1.

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NJ Congressional Delegation Urges Vaccine Priority At Fort Dix Amid Deadly COVID Outbreak

Friday, April 23, 2021

New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez wants the federal government to prioritize vaccines at the Fort Dix federal prison, where two inmates have died of COVID-19.

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With 200K Eviction Cases Expected Next Year, Panel Suggests ‘Life-Changing’ Fixes to Court Process

Thursday, April 22, 2021

More than 58,000 eviction filings have been made during the pandemic and the courts expect almost 200,000 cases in 2022. 

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NJ Hunger Strikers Pressure Murphy To Fund Relief For Undocumented One Year Into Pandemic

Thursday, April 15, 2021

The Murphy administration is considering using around $40 million in leftover federal money for undocumented workers who lost income due to the pandemic. Advocates say that's not enough.

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Federal Monitors Likely To Oversee NJ Women's Prison After Latest Inmate Attack

Thursday, April 08, 2021

Federal monitors will likely begin overseeing New Jersey's only women's prison following years of allegations by inmates that they were sexually abused by corrections officers.

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NJ Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike To Demand COVID Relief Funds

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Thirty-four people have joined the hunger strike to demand relief for undocumented immigrants. 

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NJ Launches Online Portal To Track All Police Use Of Force

Tuesday, April 06, 2021

New Jersey launched a new website that lets the public see details about when — and how — police officers use physical force.

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