The Senate tackled dozens of tough issues in the new Legislature's first voting session.
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In an effort to address resident concerns and keep the public informed on lead remediation, Newark is holding a series of community briefings -- one ...
City will upgrade water infrastructure, replace 37,000 lead service pipes with copper tubing
The city of Newark reports lead levels in unfiltered tap water have fallen 74% since last February and 90% of the samples taken show lead ...
As this year comes to a close, the news team looked back on two stories that dominated coverage in 2019 -- NJ Transit and lead ...
Another city is dealing with elevated lead levels in the drinking water. Recent testing of 22 homes in Lambertville found three have lead levels that ...
When tenants hold back rent to force landlords to clean up contamination they often are evicted — and blacklisted when they look for another place
‘Newark’s response to our lead situation is unprecedented and we wish people would stick to the facts’ — statement from city
Virginia Tech civil engineer and professor Dr. Marc Edwards discovered the elevated lead levels in Flint, and now he’s planning to conduct water testing in ...
Murphy would remediate the lead problem by asking voters to approve a $500 million bond issue in November 2020 to help assist public water utilities ...
Gov. Phil Murphy announced a multi-pronged program Monday to bolster the state’s response to specifically addressing the existence of lead in public schools’ water.
Senate President Sweeney calls the high number of New Jerseyans exposed to lead in drinking water a crisis.
Mayor Ras Baraka and other officials came prepared with a vigorous defense against criticism that they had failed the test of timeliness and transparency.
Newark and the Port Authority have reached an agreement that will pay the city $155 million, just as it embarks on a multi-million-dollar program to ...
The state Department of Environmental Protection has so far counted around 160,000 of the potentially toxic pipes at homes and businesses across the state.
Black mothers are five times more likely to die than white mothers in New Jersey, which is ranked 45th in the nation for overall maternal ...
The private water company Suez North America is working to replace lead pipes and gooseneck connectors with copper below the streets of in Bergen and Hudson counties.
Experts estimate it will take $8 billion over the next decade to bring water systems in the state up to snuff.
Eleven80 has been giving tenants bottled water after an independent water test came back with elevated lead levels. But Newark says the tests they ordered ...
Newark has won a court battle against environmental groups that had been trying to get the city give out bottled water to more residents amid ...