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May 9, 2019: NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams
5/9/2019 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
NJ Transit officials are on the budget hot seat.
NJ Transit officials are on the budget hot seat. They promised no fare hikes, but advocates continue to fear that the agency’s underfunded. Murphy tries for business-as-usual as political lines harden around him. A new report finds New Jersey seniors are eligible for federal food assistance programs, but not all are using them. Hundreds of students attend the first-ever Urban Youth Conference.
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NJTV News
May 9, 2019: NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams
5/9/2019 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
NJ Transit officials are on the budget hot seat. They promised no fare hikes, but advocates continue to fear that the agency’s underfunded. Murphy tries for business-as-usual as political lines harden around him. A new report finds New Jersey seniors are eligible for federal food assistance programs, but not all are using them. Hundreds of students attend the first-ever Urban Youth Conference.
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Clip: 5/9/2019 | 2m 35s | The Urban Youth Conference brought together hundreds of students from urban communities. (2m 35s)
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Clip: 5/2/2019 | 2m 55s | Recent data shows that in 2015, only 48% of eligible NJ seniors participated in SNAP. (2m 55s)
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