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Pressure in Newark over teacher shortage, no COVID testing
Clip: 9/29/2021 | 4m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
Positions unfilled and promised COVID-19 testing program still not ready
School districts statewide are struggling to hire enough teachers. In Newark, the situation may have reached a breaking point; the district has 120 positions unfilled more than three weeks into the new school year. Making matters worse, a promised robust COVID-19 testing program, meant to be rolled out on day one, still has not been launched.
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Pressure in Newark over teacher shortage, no COVID testing
Clip: 9/29/2021 | 4m 11sVideo has Closed Captions
School districts statewide are struggling to hire enough teachers. In Newark, the situation may have reached a breaking point; the district has 120 positions unfilled more than three weeks into the new school year. Making matters worse, a promised robust COVID-19 testing program, meant to be rolled out on day one, still has not been launched.
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Breaking down the first Murphy-Ciattarelli debate
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Clip: 9/29/2021 | 4m 1s | Neither candidate made a serious misstep. We look at what’s ahead for the race (4m 1s)
Business Report: First round of Ida grants for NJ businesses
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Clip: 9/29/2021 | 2m 37s | State issues EDA assistance to businesses that suffered storm damage (2m 37s)
Gloves off in first NJ governor’s debate
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Clip: 9/29/2021 | 5m 34s | The next debate between Gov. Phil Murphy and Jack Ciattarelli will be on Oct. 12 (5m 34s)
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Clip: 9/29/2021 | 2m 57s | Social equity organizations, law firms help people figure out if their case was expunged (2m 57s)
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