(Elise Young/NJ Spotlight News)Palantir Technologies, whose AI is useful to immigration agents, remains in portfolio as critics insist on divestment
(Elise Young/NJ Spotlight News)Palantir Technologies, whose AI is useful to immigration agents, remains in portfolio as critics insist on divestment
(NJ Spotlight News)Cherry Hill School District says journalist is a pest for seeking information about the use of taxpayer resources, so it took him to court

This important reform should mark the beginning, not the end, of expanding citizen power and more dynamic governance in NJ
NJ Spotlight NewsGov. Phil Murphy signed the controversial overhaul on Wednesday

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)Governor notes how decision ‘will disappoint many members of the advocacy community’
(NJ Spotlight News)Murphy has not said if he will sign the bill pushed by legislative Democrats against widespread opposition
(Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office)Most lawmakers voted for substantial changes to public records law. All Assembly seats are on the ballot in 2025
(Lowlova under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Openverse)If Murphy signs the bill, government records would no longer be ‘readily accessible’ — as stated in the current public access law
NJ Spotlight NewsSenate committee advances revisions, Assembly next
(NJ Spotlight News)The gist of the opposition: rewritten law would make it even harder for people to obtain public records
Society of Professional JournalistsThe effort by lawmakers to restrict access ‘isn’t dead,’ forum is told

Interview: Dan Cassino, executive director of Fairleigh Dickinson University Poll


Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to tell because few ambulatory surgery centers participate in a key Leapfrog survey. They should

Democratic State Committee chair LeRoy Jones Jr. on party issues. Plus: Sen. Holly Schepisi discusses affordable housing and more

Proposed overhaul of NJ’s Open Public Records Act met strong resistance
(AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)Democratic leaders send the bill back to be amended at 11th hour

Plus, a look at the controversial public records reform bill
NJ legislatureGovernment transparency advocates, media organizations, residents object