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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A group of New Jersey elected Democrats argue stopping the Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger will cause harm to their state’s economy and are asking state Attorney General Jennifer Davenport to withdraw from the lawsuit in which a number of state attorneys general are attempting to stop the movie studio merger.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Federal authorities have shut down several training schools for commercial driver's licenses in New York and New Jersey, claiming they were passing applicants who lacked basic English proficiency.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New Jersey congresswoman LaMonica McIver will likely face a trial on charges that she assaulted an ICE agent during a scuffle outside of Delaney Hall after a federal appeals court rejected the Newark Democrat's bid to dismiss the charges.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New York and New Jersey officials are boasting about the economic impact from hosting World Cup matches this summer, but critics point out that the rosy projections gloss over local transportation and security costs.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Doctors and other medical professionals who provide abortions and transgender care will have expanded legal protections under a bill signed into law Thursday by Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said the state is making progress in efforts to remove more than thousands of non-citizens who were illegally registered to vote.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The nation’s two largest teachers' unions directed thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to Democratic members of key congressional education committees, according to federal campaign finance records reviewed by The Center Square.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A consumer protection trial against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, started Tuesday in Oakland.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Despite watchdog groups warning that few regulatory guardrails exist to meet the threats posed by the rapid development and deployment of AI technology, the 119th Congress has been slow to respond.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in cases on pregnancy discrimination, universal preschool and immigrant labor regulations in November.
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