NJ Spotlight News
Public health workers feel ‘helplessness and burnout’
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Public health offices have been chronically underfunded, understaffed
New Jersey public health officials say angry political pushback together with back-breaking workloads at low pay have created toxic conditions for staffers during the pandemic. One public health official notes, “When you feel that there’s a certain part of the public that just doesn’t support your mission — which is trying to keep people healthy — I think that’s tough on morale.”
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NJ Spotlight News
Public health workers feel ‘helplessness and burnout’
Clip: 10/4/2021 | 4m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
New Jersey public health officials say angry political pushback together with back-breaking workloads at low pay have created toxic conditions for staffers during the pandemic. One public health official notes, “When you feel that there’s a certain part of the public that just doesn’t support your mission — which is trying to keep people healthy — I think that’s tough on morale.”
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Business Report: Debt issues at federal level and in NJ
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Clip: 10/4/2021 | 2m 25s | If Congress doesn’t raise the borrowing limit, the U.S. could default on its debt (2m 25s)
EPA approves cleanup plan for 9 more miles of Passaic River
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Clip: 10/4/2021 | 3m 34s | Toxic mud and sediment between Garfield and Belleville will be targeted for cleanup (3m 34s)
Highlighting gaps in NJ’s racial equality, how to fix them
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Clip: 10/4/2021 | 3m 10s | Andrea McChristian, NJ Institute for Social Justice: Reparations legislation would help (3m 10s)
NJ women's marches call for more abortion access protection
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Clip: 10/4/2021 | 3m 41s | Gov. Phil Murphy has spoken in favor of the Reproductive Freedom Act (3m 41s)
Trenton art project to honor victims of violence
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Clip: 10/4/2021 | 3m 28s | ‘It’s meant to highlight and give justice to the people who lost their lives senselessly’ (3m 28s)
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